单词 | addulce |
释义 | addulcev. rare and poetic after 17th cent. transitive. To make sweet or pleasant; esp. to soften, soothe; to mollify. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] temperc1000 keelc1175 slakea1300 abate?c1335 settle1338 swagea1340 modifyc1385 rebatea1398 bate1398 moder1414 releasea1425 remiss?a1425 moderate1435 alethe?1440 delaya1450 appal1470 addulce1477 mollify1496 mean?a1513 relent1535 qualify1536 temperatea1540 aplake1578 slack1589 relaxate1598 milden1603 mitigate1611 relax1612 alleniate1615 allay1628 alloy1634 castigate1653 smoothen1655 tendera1656 mitify1656 meeken1662 remitigate1671 obviscate1684 slacken1685 chastise1704 dulcify1744 absorb1791 demulceate1817 chasten1856 modulate1974 mediate1987 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > appease or propitiate soft?c1225 queema1325 appeasec1374 pleasea1382 softena1382 mollifya1450 pacifya1500 apeace1523 temper1525 mitigatea1535 qualify?c1550 thaw1582 propitiate1583 aslake1590 smooth1608 to lay down1629 addulce1655 sweeten1657 acquiesce1659 gentle1663 palliate1678 placate1678 conciliate1782 to pour oil on the waters (also on troubled waters)1847 square1859 square1945 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 26 Shalle not the Rigour..of my noble lady be myned and adoulced [Fr. adoulcie] by my habondaunt prayers. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Addoulce or mitigate with swetnes, Permulceo. 1592 G. Harvey Four Lett. xv. 69 Then would I so my Melody addoulce. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 90 With great show of their king's affection, and many sugared words, seek to addulce all matters between the two kings. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 203 The Queen having lately..Adulced him with fair language. 1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 18 For the addulcing and ascertaining his Friends and Partizans beyond the Seas. 1824 T. J. L. Prichard Welsh Minstrelsy 22 Described in poesy and picture, With glowing strain and vivid tint, Addulced by taste's most finish'd dint. 1912 H. Church Poems 153 Fain would I bring to thee a happiness That never was thy girdle, would addulce Thy lovely heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1477 |
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