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dulcification

dulcification noun: the act of dulcifying or sweetening.

Noun

dulcification (usually uncountable, plural dulcifications)

  1. (dated, usually) The act of dulcifying or sweetening.
    • the exactest calcination , follow'd by an exquisite dulcification , does not alwaies reduce the remaining body into elementary earth.1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC

Forms of dulcification

pluraldulcifications

Origin of dulcification

Compare French dulcification.

Questions about dulcification

What does dulcification mean?
Dulcification means the act of dulcifying or sweetening.
What part of speech is dulcification?
Dulcification is a noun.
What is the plural of dulcification?
The plural of dulcification is dulcifications.

Words near dulcification in the dictionary

  1. dulcianas
  2. dulcians
  3. dulcid
  4. Dulcie
  5. dulciferous
  6. dulcification
  7. dulcifications
  8. dulcified
  9. dulcified spirit
  10. dulcifies
  11. dulcifluous

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