The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dulcify \Dul"ci*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dulcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Dulcifying.] [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F. dulcifier.]
(Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.
--Wiseman.-
Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.
As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco.
--Hawthorne.
Dulcified \Dul"ci*fied\, a. Sweetened; mollified.
Dulcified spirit or Dulcified spirits, a compound of alcohol with mineral acids; as, dulcified spirits of niter.
Wiktionary
a. sweetened; mollify
WordNet
v. make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, edulcorate, dulcorate] [ant: sour]
[also: dulcified]
See dulcify
Usage examples of "dulcified".
Nought but sublimate and crude mercury, sir, well prepared and dulcified, with the jaw-bones of a sow, burnt, beaten, and searced.
She sat cross-legged on a cushion in front of him, dipping into a dozen bowls, dishes, plates, and feeding him with balls that exploded in a pink glow inside his stomach, others that cooled and dulcified his palate.
But, on this occasion, as she had awakened in an uncommonly pleasant humor, and was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco, she resolved to produce something fine, beautiful, and splendid, rather than hideous and horrible.