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Webster 1913 Edition
Sweeten
1.
To make sweet to the taste;
as, to
. sweeten
tea2.
To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings;
as, to
. sweeten
life; to sweeten
friendship3.
To make mild or kind; to soften;
as, to
. sweeten
the temper4.
To make less painful or laborious; to relieve;
as, to
. sweeten
the cares of lifeDryden.
And
sweeten
every secret tear. Keble.
5.
To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by
sweetening
his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other. Dryden.
6.
To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter;
as, to
sweeten
rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten
the air.7.
To make warm and fertile; – opposed to sour;
as, to dry and
. sweeten
soils8.
To restore to purity; to free from taint;
as, to
. sweeten
water, butter, or meatSweet′en
,Verb.
I.
To become sweet.
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sweeten
SWEETEN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.2.
To make mild or kind; as, to sweeten the temper.3.
To make less painful; as, to sweeten the cares of life.4.
To increase agreeable qualities; as, to sweeten the joys or pleasures of life.5.
To soften; to make delicate. Corregio has made his name immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shades.
6.
To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.7.
To make warm and fertile; as, to dry and sweeten soils.8.
To restore to purity; as, to sweeten water, butter or meat.SWEETEN
,Verb.
I.