dulcorate

verb

1. To sweeten (literal or figurative).

   obsolete, transitive

   The ancients for the dulcorating of fruit, do commend swines dung above all other dung

Where it comes from

First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dulcoraten, from dulcorat(e) (“sweetened”, used as the past participle of dulcoraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin dulcōrātus, perfect passive participle of dulcōrō (“to sweeten”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dulcorate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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