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English Dictionary: Dulcify by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dulcify
v
  1. make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate]
    Antonym(s): acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dulcify \Dul"ci*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dulcified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Dulcifying}.] [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F.
      dulcifier.]
      1. (Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or
            acrimony. --Wiseman.
  
      2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.
  
                     As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of
                     tobacco.                                             --Hawthorne.
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