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dulcify

Syllables: dul·cify/ˈdʌlsɪfaɪ/

dulcify verb: to sweeten the taste of.

Verb

dulcify (third-person singular simple present dulcifies, present participle dulcifying, simple past and past participle dulcified)

  1. To sweeten the taste of.
  2. To make sweeter or more pleasant.
    • And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson
  3. (obsolete) To neutralise the acidity of.
  4. (transitive) To mollify or make peaceful.
    • He knew all the things to say to dulcify his mother.

dulcify meaning in Bengali

dulcify in Bengali

স্বাদ মিষ্টি করা, আরও মিষ্টি, আনন্দদায়ক করা, অম্লত্ব প্রশমিত করা, শান্ত করা, শান্ত করে তোলা

Forms of dulcify

third-person singular presentdulcifies
present participledulcifying
past participledulcified
pastdulcified

Origin of dulcify

From Latin dulcificō.

Questions about dulcify

What does dulcify mean?
Dulcify means to sweeten the taste of.
What is dulcify in Bengali?
Dulcify in Bengali is স্বাদ মিষ্টি করা, আরও মিষ্টি, আনন্দদায়ক করা. See Dulcify meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dulcify?
Dulcify is a verb.
How do you pronounce dulcify?
Dulcify is pronounced /ˈdʌlsɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of dulcify?
The past tense of dulcify is dulcified.

Words near dulcify in the dictionary

  1. dulcifications
  2. dulcified
  3. dulcified spirit
  4. dulcifies
  5. dulcifluous
  6. dulcify
  7. dulcifying
  8. dulcijo
  9. dulcijos
  10. dulciloquence
  11. dulciloquent

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