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English Dictionary: spicing by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spice \Spice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spiced}; p. p. & vb. n.
      {Spicing}.]
      1. To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or
            pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to
            spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
  
                     She 'll receive thee, but will spice thy bread With
                     flowery poisons.                                 --Chapman.
  
      2. To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
  
                     In the spiced Indian air, by night.   --Shak.
  
      3. To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
            [Obs.] [bd]A spiced conscience.[b8] --Chaucer.
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