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.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To sweeten 2 (context transitive English) To remove salty or acidic flavors with a sweetener 3 (context transitive English) To mollify or make peaceful
WordNet
v. make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, edulcorate, dulcorate] [ant: sour]
[also: dulcified]
Wikipedia
Dulcify (1975–1979) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. His British-bred sire was the 1970 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, Decies, a grandson of Pharis, the very important French sire whom Thoroughbred Heritage says is considered one of the greatest French-bred runners of the century. Dulcify's dam was the Australian mare Sweet Candy, a daughter of 1957 Golden Slipper Stakes winner and Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee Todman.
Dulcify was owned and raced by Colin Hayes, who purchased him for $3,250. Hayes called him the best horse he ever raced. 1
Dulcify was a patient, come-from-behind runner. His most important career win came in the 1979 Cox Plate, which he won by a still-standing record of seven lengths. The betting favourite for the 1979 Melbourne Cup, he suffered a broken pelvis during the race and had to be euthanized.
Inducted into the Australian racing Hall of Fame in 2014
Usage examples of "dulcify".
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.