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dul·ci·fy 
[duhl-suh-fahy] Pronunciation Key
[duhl-suh-fahy] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
| 1. | to make more agreeable; mollify; appease. |
| 2. | to sweeten. |
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| dul·ci·fy
(dŭl'sə-fī') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. dul·ci·fied, dul·ci·fy·ing, dul·ci·fies
[Late Latin dulcificāre, to sweeten : Latin dulcis, sweet + -ficāre, -fy.] dul'ci·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n. |
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| dulcify | |
verb | |
| make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten] [ant: acetify] |
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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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