verb
definition
To make sweet to the taste.
example
to sweeten tea
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To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
example
to sweeten friendship
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To make mild or kind; to soften.
example
to sweeten the temper
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To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
example
to sweeten the cares of life
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To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
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To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.
example
to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected
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To make warm and fertile.
example
to dry and sweeten soils
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To restore to purity; to free from taint.
example
to sweeten water, butter, or meat
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To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.
definition
To become sweet.