EDUL'CORATE, verb transitive [Low Latin edulco, from dulcis, sweet.] 1. To purify; to sweeten. In chimistry, to render substances more mild, by freeing them from acids and salts or other soluble impurities, by washing. 2. To sweeten by adding sugar, syrup, etc.
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