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Sweeten

Sweeten Meaning & Definition
Sweeten Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sweeten?

[v] make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"
[v] make sweeter in taste

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sweeten: dulcify | dulcorate | edulcorate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sweeten:

See Also | alter | candy | change | change taste | glaze | honey | mull | saccharify | sugar | sugarcoat

Sweeten In Webster's Dictionary

\Sweet"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sweetened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweetening}.] [See {Sweet}, a.] 1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. 2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. 3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper. 4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life. --Dryden. And sweeten every secret tear. --Keble. 5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate. Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other. --Dryden. 6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air. 7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils. 8. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
\Sweet"en\, v. i. To become sweet. --Bacon.

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