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dulcify

VT ทำให้ เพราะ เสนาะ หู  tam-hai-pai-ror-sa-nor-hoo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DULCIFY

v.t.[L, sweet; to make. ] To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness or acrimony.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DULCIFY

Dul "ci *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dulcified; p. pr. & vb. n.Dulcifying.] Etym: [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F. dulcifier.]

 

1. (Pharm.)

 

Defn: To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony. Wiseman.

 

2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please. As she. .. was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco. Hawthorne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dulcify

dul ci fy |ˈdəlsəˌfī ˈdəlsəfaɪ | verb ( dulcifies, dulcifying, dulcified ) [ with obj. ] literary sweeten: cider pap dulcified with molasses. calm or soothe: his voice dulcified the panic. DERIVATIVES dul ci fi ca tion |ˌdəlsəfiˈkāSHən |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense sweeten ): from Latin dulcificare sweeten, from dulcis sweet.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dulcify

dulcify |ˈdʌlsɪfʌɪ | verb ( dulcifies, dulcifying, dulcified ) [ with obj. ] rare sweeten: cider pap dulcified with molasses. calm or soothe: the exquisite melody dulcifies whatever pain the singer's words express. DERIVATIVES dulcification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense sweeten ): from Latin dulcificare sweeten , from dulcis sweet .