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Word: sweeten
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Meaning:
Verb:
- intransitive To become sweet.
- transitive To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to '''sweeten''' the cares of life.
- transitive To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to '''sweeten''' the temper.
- transitive To make more attractive; — said of offers in negotiations, as, to sweeten the deal by increasing the price offered.
- transitive To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to '''sweeten''' life; to '''sweeten''' friendship.
- transitive To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to '''sweeten''' rooms or apartments that have been infected; to '''sweeten;;; the air.
- transitive To make sweet to the taste; as, to '''sweeten''' tea.
- transitive To make warm and fertile; — opposed to sour; as, to dry and '''sweeten''' soils.
- transitive To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to '''sweeten''' water, butter, or meat.
- transitive To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
Source: Wiktionary
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