səˌfaɪ verb (used with object), dul·ci·fied, dul·ci·fy·ing.
1.
to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
2.
to sweeten.
Related forms
dul·ci·fi·ca·tion, noun
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | rare to make pleasant or agreeable |
| 2. | a rare word for sweeten |
| [C16: from Late Latin dulcificāre, from Latin dulcis sweet + facere to make] | |
| dulcifi'cation | |
| —n | |
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Dulcify
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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