† ensweetenv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To infuse sweetness into; to sweeten. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > sweeten [verb (transitive)]
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condulcate1569
dulcerate?1586
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > sweetening > sweeten [verb (transitive)]
sweetc1000
dulcorate?a1425
doucea1475
sweeten1552
nectarize1592
dulcify1599
asweeten1605
ensweeten1607
endulce1611
indulcate1628
dulcescate1657
obdulcorate1657
edulcorate1661
oversweeten1823
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 58 Which more ensweeteneth the breath.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. viii. sig. I2v The bitternesse of Reprehension, is insweetned.
a1640 T. Jackson Μαραν Αθα (1657) 3541 The very name of Peace would ensweeten our thoughts.
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