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- [ih-duhl-kuh-reyt]
- /ɪˈdʌl kəˌreɪt/
- /ɪ.ˈdʌlk.ɒ.reɪt/
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- [ih-duhl-kuh-reyt]
- /ɪˈdʌl kəˌreɪt/
Definitions of edulcorate word
- verb with object edulcorate to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify. 1
- noun edulcorate Make (something) more acceptable or palatable. 1
- verb edulcorate to free from soluble impurities by washing 0
- verb edulcorate (rare) To sweeten (in all senses). 0
- verb edulcorate (rare) To free from acidity. 0
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Origin of edulcorate
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
1800-10; < New Latin ēdulcorātus, equivalent to ē- e-1 + Late Latin dulcorātus sweetened (past participle of dulcorāre), equivalent to Latin dulcor sweetness (dulc(is) sweet + -or -or1) + -ātus -ate1
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Parts of speech for Edulcorate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
edulcorate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
edulcorate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for edulcorate
verb edulcorate
- bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
- scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
- soak — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- dredge — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
Antonyms for edulcorate
verb edulcorate
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- worsen — Make or become worse.
- corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- pollute — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
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