edulcorate
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She had a fearfully sharp tongue, and a still sharper wit in directing it upon her victims; her experiences were not very likely to edulcorate her acids and mollify her asperities.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George
Some colours dry badly from not being sufficiently edulcorated or washed.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
"Item, on the 28th, a dose of clarified and edulcorated whey, to soften, lenify, temper, and refresh the blood of Mr. Argan, twenty sous."
From The Imaginary Invalid by Wall, Charles Heron
Like them, too, it is but a tardy dryer in oil unless thoroughly edulcorated, and does not work in water with the entire fulness and facility of cochineal pigments.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
