edulcorate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: e=dul=co=rate

CIDE DICTIONARY

edulcorate, v. t. [L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer.].

•  To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.  [1913 Webster]

  "Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar."  [1913 Webster]
•  To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

edulcorate

bolt, candy, clarify, clear, decrassify, depurate, distill, dulcify, elute, essentialize, extract, filter, filtrate, glaze, honey, leach, lixiviate, mull, percolate, purify, rectify, refine, saccharify, screen, separate, sieve, sift, spiritualize, strain, sublimate, sublime, sugar, sugar off, sugarcoat, sweeten, try, winnow

ROGET THESAURUS

edulcorate

Cleanness

VB be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.

Sweetness

VB be sweet, render sweet, sweeten, edulcorate, dulcorate, dulcify, candy, mull.