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dulcify

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dul⋅ci⋅fy

  [duhl-suh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
2. to sweeten.
Origin:
1590–1600; < LL dulcificāre, with -fy for -ficāre

Related forms:
dul⋅ci⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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dul·ci·fy   (dŭl'sə-fī')   
tr.v.   dul·ci·fied, dul·ci·fy·ing, dul·ci·fies

  1. To make agreeable or gentle; mollify.

  2. To sweeten.


[Late Latin dulcificāre, to sweeten : Latin dulcis, sweet + -ficāre, -fy.]
dul'ci·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
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