Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-DUL'CO-RATE, v.t. [Low L. edulco, from dulcis, sweet; Fr. edulcorer.]

1. To purify; to sweeten. In chimistry, to render substances more mild, by freeing them from acids and salts or other soluble impurities, by washing. Encyc.
2. To sweeten by adding sugar, sirup, &c. Encyc.