transitive. To make sweet, sweeten. literal (to the taste, smell, etc.).

transitive. To sweeten; to soften, soothe, ease. Also (Chemistry): to wash the soluble salts out of (a substance), to make less corrosive or…

transitive. To sweeten (an item of food).

transitive. To make sweet to the taste; esp. to add sugar or other sweet substance to (food or drink) so as to impart a sweet flavour; also absol.

transitive. To sweeten with or as with nectar.

transitive. To make (food or drink) sweet to the taste; to sweeten.

To sweeten, make less bitter.

transitive. To infuse sweetness into; to sweeten. Also figurative.

transitive. To sweeten, perfume.

transitive. To sweeten.

transitive. To sweeten; to render less acidic. Cf. dulcify, v.

transitive. To sweeten. In passive in quots.

To sweeten, make sweet. Obsolete.

transitive. To make too sweet (literal and figurative). In later use also intransitive.