Sweet"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sweetened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sweetening.] [See Sweet, a.]
1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to
sweeten tea.
2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or
feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten
friendship.
3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to
sweeten the temper.
4. To make less painful or laborious; to
relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.
Dryden.
And sweeten every secret tear.
Keble.
5. To soften to the eye; to make
delicate.
Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength
he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and
shadows, and melting them into each other.
Dryden.
6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying
noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have
been infected; to sweeten the air.
7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to
sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.
8. To restore to purity; to free from taint;
as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
Sweet"en, v. i. To become
sweet. Bacon.
Sweet"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sweetened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sweetening.] [See Sweet, a.]
1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to
sweeten tea.
2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or
feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten
friendship.
3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to
sweeten the temper.
4. To make less painful or laborious; to
relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.
Dryden.
And sweeten every secret tear.
Keble.
5. To soften to the eye; to make
delicate.
Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength
he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and
shadows, and melting them into each other.
Dryden.
6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying
noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have
been infected; to sweeten the air.
7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to
sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.
8. To restore to purity; to free from taint;
as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
Sweet"en, v. i. To become
sweet. Bacon.
