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dulcorating

dulcorating is the present participle and gerund of dulcorate.

Meaning of dulcorate

Verb

dulcorate (third-person singular simple present dulcorates, present participle dulcorating, simple past and past participle dulcorated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten (literal or figurative).
    • The ancients for the dulcorating of fruit, do commend swines dung above all other dung1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

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Questions about dulcorating

What is dulcorating the present participle and gerund of?
Dulcorating is the present participle and gerund of dulcorate.

Words near dulcorating in the dictionary

  1. dulcity
  2. dulcor
  3. dulcorate
  4. dulcorated
  5. dulcorates
  6. dulcorating
  7. dulcoration
  8. dulcose
  9. Dulcot
  10. Dulcote
  11. dulcour

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