dulceratev.
/ˈdʌlsəreɪt/, U.S. /ˈdəlsəˌreɪt/ Now rare.
transitive. To sweeten; to soften, soothe, ease. Also (Chemistry): to wash the soluble salts out of, to make less corrosive or acidic; = dulcorate v.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > sweeten [verb (transitive)]
sweetc1000
dulcorate?a1425
doucea1475
sugar1530
sweeten1552
condulcate1569
dulcerate?1586
nectarize1592
dulcify1599
asweeten1605
ensweeten1607
besugar1611
endulce1611
indulcate1628
besweeten1648
dulcescate1657
obdulcorate1657
edulcorate1661
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve
froverc900
hearteOE
lighteOE
onlightc1175
salvec1175
leathc1200
solace1297
stillc1315
to put in comfortc1320
easec1385
comfort1389
fordilla1400
recomforta1400
ronea1400
solancea1400
cheer?a1425
acheerc1450
consolate1477
repease1483
dilla1500
recreate?a1500
sporta1500
dulcerate?1586
comfit1598
comfortize1600
reassure1604
sweeten1647
console1693
re-establish1722
release1906
?1586 I. W. Copie Let. Learned Physician to Friend sig. A4v If it [sc. Mercurie] be so fixed that it will abide the fire..then shall you finde him a singular good medecine in sundry grieuous diseases, but there are diuerse wayes to doo it, and after it be done it requireth to bee dulcerated and washed from his Aqua fortis.
1605 H. C. Strange Fortune of Alerane (ed. 2) sig. D Oh see how love doth dulcerate all griefe.
1787 W. Drew Art of Making Coloured Crystals 26 After having replaced the acid or the dry calx and re-distilled it a second and a third time, it, is then dulcerated with spirits of wine.
1830 W. Pembroke Woman 65 There is, too, Love's sweet Jasmine bower, Tinctured with Cassia, Lavender, and Myrrh, To dulcerate the youthful wanderer.
1992 J. Bayliss Gloucesterbook ii. ix. 373 There'd been no talk for instance about..the slurry of sucrose melos in which all other stories were dulcerated and slurped.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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