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1. <pharmacology> To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.
2. To mollify; to sweeten; to please. "As she . . . Was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco." (Hawthorne)
Origin: L. Dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F. Dulcifier.
(01 Mar 1998)
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