Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-DUL'CO-RATE
E-DUL'CO-RATE, v.t. [Low L. edulco, from dulcis, sweet; Fr. edulcorer.]
- 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.
- To sweeten by adding sugar, sirup, &c. Encyc.
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