DULCORATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dulcorate mean? 

• DULCORATE (verb)
  The verb DULCORATE has 1 sense:

1. make sweeter in taste

  Familiarity information: DULCORATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DULCORATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make sweeter in taste

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

dulcify; dulcorate; edulcorate; sweeten

Hypernyms (to "dulcorate" is one way to...):

change taste (alter the flavor of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dulcorate"):

honey (sweeten with honey)

saccharify; sugar (sweeten with sugar)

candy; glaze; sugarcoat (coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze)

mull (heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink)

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