unsour

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verb

To remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

verbunsour (third-person singular simple present unsours, present participle unsouring, simple past and past participle unsoured)

present singular third person unsours · participle present unsouring · participle past unsoured · past unsoured

  1. transitiveTo remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour.

    The breathing exercise did little to unsour her mood.

    2016, Andrea R. Cooper, Claimed, page 5
    1 more example

    He'd worked in the dairy industry for thirty-one years, recalling how in the past, when regulations were less stringent, they'd worked out how to unsour old cream, which they made into butter for domestic consumption.

    2005, Caroline Swain, Upon That Fish: A Portrait of New Zealand in 292 Lifts, page 220

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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