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Meaning of 'sweeten' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sweeten [ a.]
- To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.
- To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.
- To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.
- To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.
- To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
- To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.
- To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.
- To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
2 . Sweeten [ v. i.]
- To become sweet.

Meaning of 'sweeten' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sweeten [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
Example in sentence:
  • sweeten a deal

Nearby Words:

sweal swealed swealing swear swearer swearing sweat sweated sweater sweatily

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