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Dul·ci·fied a. Sweetened; mollified.
Dulcified spirit or Dulcified spirits, a compound of alcohol with mineral acids; as, dulcified spirits of niter.
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Dul·ci·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dulcified p. pr. & vb. n. Dulcifying.]
1. Pharm. To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.
2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.
As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco. --Hawthorne.
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dulcify
v : make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, edulcorate, dulcorate]
[ant: sour]
[also: dulcified]