dulcify

dul·cify
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/ˈdʌlsɪfaɪ/

verb

To sweeten the taste of.

“He knew all the things to say to dulcify his mother.”

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sweetenedulcoratedulcorate
OriginLatin dulcificō →
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Meanings

verbdulcify (third-person singular simple present dulcifies, present participle dulcifying, simple past and past participle dulcified)

present singular third person dulcifies · participle present dulcifying · participle past dulcified · past dulcified

  1. To sweeten the taste of.
  2. To make sweeter or more pleasant.

    And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.

    1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson
  3. obsoleteTo neutralise the acidity of.
  4. transitiveTo mollify or make peaceful.

    He knew all the things to say to dulcify his mother.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake sweeter in taste

Similar
sweetenedulcoratedulcorate
Broader
change taste
Also see
dulcorateedulcoratesweeten

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latindulcificō
  2. Englishdulcify

From Latin dulcificō.

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APA

dulcify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulcify

MLA

“dulcify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulcify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dulcify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulcify.

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