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addulce

addulce verb: to sweeten; to soothe.

Verb

addulce (third-person singular simple present addulces, present participle addulcing, simple past and past participle addulced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to soothe.

Forms of addulce

third-person singular presentaddulces
present participleaddulcing
past participleaddulced
pastaddulced

Origin of addulce

Like French adoucir; from Latin ad (“to, toward; denoting increase”) + dulcis (“sweet”).

Questions about addulce

What does addulce mean?
Addulce means to sweeten; to soothe.
What part of speech is addulce?
Addulce is a verb.
What is the past tense of addulce?
The past tense of addulce is addulced.

Words near addulce in the dictionary

  1. adductor longus
  2. adductores
  3. adductors
  4. adductory
  5. adducts
  6. addulce
  7. addulced
  8. addulces
  9. addulcing
  10. addy
  11. Addyman

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