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dulcification|ˌdʌlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[n. of action f. L. dulcificāre to dulcify.]
1. The action of dulcifying, sweetening, or correcting; spec. in Old Chem.: see dulcify 2.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 270 Dulcification is the correction of mineral medicaments by ablutions, and the like. 1641[see dulcoration]. 1683Pettus Fleta Min. i. (1686) 126. 1770 New Dispens. 457/2 The dulcification of the spirit of salt. 1852Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xix. 204 The dulcification of the amylaceous roots.
2. The softening (of a sound) to the ear.
1826Examiner 612/1 A sort of Tuscan dulcification of the ch. |