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to edulcorate

to edulcorate

9.9
To make something taste sweeter
  • verb
  • /ˌɛdʒʊlˈkɔːreɪt/
  • Formal
translation icon : edulcorar
  • The chef used honey to edulcorate the tartness of the sauce.

Examples

  • The pharmacist will edulcorate the medicine to make it more palatable for children.

  • They attempted to edulcorate the bitter solution by adding a small amount of sugar.

  • You can edulcorate the sauce with some sugar.

  • The chef edulcorated the dish to enhance its flavor.

  • The pharmacist will edulcorate the medicine to make it more palatable for children.

  • They attempted to edulcorate the bitter solution by adding a small amount of sugar.

  • The chef used honey to edulcorate the tartness of the sauce.

Synonyms

to sweeten
vsto edulcorate
25 3.0

Make food taste sweeter by adding sugar or make an offer more attractive

refers only to making taste sweeter, not to improving offers
to sugar
vsto edulcorate
3 1.0

To add a sweet white substance from plants to food or drink to make it sweet

uses any sweetening method, not only adding a sweet crystalline ingredient
to dulcorate
vsto edulcorate
  • Archaic
9.9

To make food or drink taste sweeter

has identical meaning but is an alternative form of the word
to dulcify
vsto edulcorate
9.9

To make food or drink taste sweeter

has identical meaning but is another form used the same way
to saccharify
vsto edulcorate
  • Specialized
9.9

To change plant starch and other plant parts into sugar using enzymes or chemicals

means sweetening taste without implying chemical conversion

How Sweet

to saccharify
  • Specialized
9.9
to edulcorate
  • Formal
9.9
to sweeten
25 3.0
to sugar
3 1.0

Surface Forms

edulcorate infinitive
edulcorated past
edulcorated past participle
edulcorating present participle
edulcorates third person singular

Morphology

edulcorate = edulcor + ate

Though it uses the learned verb-forming suffix '-ate', the root 'edulcor' is not a recognizable English base for average learners, so the meaning 'to sweeten' cannot be transparently derived from familiar components.

Etymology

Edulcorate comes from the Latin root dulc- meaning 'sweet', the same root you see in Spanish dulce and English dulcet. So to edulcorate something is to make it sweeter or to soften a bitter taste.