"dulcorate" meaning in English

See dulcorate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more dulcorate [comparative], most dulcorate [superlative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dulcorat(e), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|dulcorat|dulcorat(e)||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English dulcorat(e), {{inh+|en|enm|dulcorat|dulcorat(e)}} Inherited from Middle English dulcorat(e), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dulcorate (comparative more dulcorate, superlative most dulcorate)
  1. (obsolete) Filled with sweetness, sweet. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: dulcorates [present, singular, third-person], dulcorating [participle, present], dulcorated [participle, past], dulcorated [past]
Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dulcoraten, from dulcorat(e) (“sweetened”, used as the past participle of dulcoraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin dulcōrātus, perfect passive participle of dulcōrō (“to sweeten”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{yesno|1|i|I}} i, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|en|enm|dulcoraten|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English dulcoraten, {{inh+|en|enm|dulcoraten|nocap=1}} inherited from Middle English dulcoraten, {{af|enm|dulcorat|-en|alt1=dulcorat(e)|id2=infinitival|nocap=1|pos1=used as the past participle of dulcoraten|pos2=verb-forming suffix|t1=sweetened}} dulcorat(e) (“sweetened”, used as the past participle of dulcoraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), {{der|en|la|dulcōrātus}} Latin dulcōrātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dulcorate (third-person singular simple present dulcorates, present participle dulcorating, simple past and past participle dulcorated)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten (literal or figurative). Tags: obsolete, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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