sweeten

English

/ˈswiːtən/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To make sweet to the taste.
  • (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
  • (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.
  • (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
  • (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
  • (transitive) To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.
  • (transitive) To make warm and fertile.
  • (transitive) To restore to purity; to free from taint.
  • (transitive) To make more attractive;
  • (intransitive) To become sweet.

Etymology

Suffix from English sweet (adorable).

Origin

English

sweet

Gloss

adorable

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