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demulce

demulce verb: to soothe, assuage, pacify or soften.

Verb

demulce (third-person singular simple present demulces, present participle demulcing, simple past and past participle demulced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To soothe, assuage, pacify or soften.
    • Saturne was eftsones demulced1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

Forms of demulce

third-person singular presentdemulces
present participledemulcing
past participledemulced
pastdemulced

Origin of demulce

From Latin dēmulceō (“to soothe”); dē- + mulceō (“to stroke”).

Questions about demulce

What does demulce mean?
Demulce means to soothe, assuage, pacify or soften.
What part of speech is demulce?
Demulce is a verb.
What is the past tense of demulce?
The past tense of demulce is demulced.

Words near demulce in the dictionary

  1. demucilated
  2. demucilates
  3. demucilating
  4. demucilation
  5. demulcant
  6. demulce
  7. demulced
  8. demulcent
  9. demulcents
  10. demulcing
  11. demulsifiable

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