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† demulce, v. Obs.|dɪˈmʌls|
[ad. L. dēmulcēre to stroke down, to soothe caressingly, f. de- I. 1 + mulcēre to soothe.]
trans. To soothe or mollify (a person); to soften or make gentle. Formerly said also of soothing medicines: cf. demulcent.
1530Elyot Gov. i. xx. (init.), Wherwith Saturne was eftsones demulced and appaysed. 1656Baxter Ref. Pastor 301 As Seneca saith to demulce the angry. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 690 Nervine Medicines..demulce the Part, and take away the preternatural acrimony. 1831T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle viii, Before I was demulced by the Muses, I was ferocis ingenii puer.
Hence deˈmulcing ppl. a.
1619H. Hutton Follies Anat. (1842) 22 His belly is a cistern of receit, A grand confounder of demulcing meate. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 70 The Earl's demulcing and well-languaged phrases. |