dulcify

[ duhl-suh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, dul·ci·fied, dul·ci·fy·ing.

1. to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
2. to sweeten.

dulcify

/ ˈdʌlsɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. rare.
   to make pleasant or agreeable
2. a rare word for sweeten

Derived Forms

• ˌdulcifiˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• dulci·fi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dulcify¹

1590–1600; < Late Latin dulcificāre, with -fy for -ficāre

Word History and Origins

Origin of dulcify¹

C16: from Late Latin dulcificāre, from Latin dulcis sweet + facere to make

Example Sentences

Lastly, the terrestrial parts in the bottom, and the fuliginous in the Neck of the Vials, must be, in like manner, separated, still preserving the Sublimate in the middle, which will then be very well dulcify'd, and amount to the quantity of twenty five Ounces and an half: It is an Efficacious Remedy for all sorts of Venereal Diseases; removes Obstructions, kills Worms, and purgeth gently by stool, being taken in Pills from six Grains to thirty.

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The delectable little Dutch songs with which she used to dulcify the house grew less and less frequent, and she would forget her sewing and look wistfully in her father's face as he sat pondering by the fireside.

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The savage of America, like the savage of the South Sea islands, has learned to dulcify the fecula, by pressing and separating it from its juice.

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Come, let us begin the cure; and, through the exhilarating sweetness of harmony, let us dulcify, lenify, and pacify the acrimony of his spirits, which, I see, are ready to be inflamed.

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V. be sweet &c. adj.. render sweet &c. adj.; sweeten; edulcorate†; dulcorate†, dulcify†; candy; mull.

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