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† inˈdulcate, v. Obs. rare. Also 7 indulciate. [f. ppl. stem of L. indulcāre to sweeten, f. in- (in-2) + dulcāre to sweeten, dulcis sweet.] trans. To sweeten. Hence † indulˈcation (indulciation), sweetening.
1628Feltham Resolves ii. [i] xli. 123 A friendly warre doth indulciate the insuing cloze. 1661― On St. Luke (1696) 323 The secret sweetness that gratifies and indulciates all his spirits. 1656Blount Glossogr., Indulcate, Indulciate, to make sweet. 1658Phillips, Indulcation or Indulciation, a sweetning, a making sweet. |