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{
"sense": "to make warm and fertile",
"word": "sour"
}
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"word": "artificially sweetened"
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"word": "back-sweeten"
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"To make sweet to the taste."
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"(transitive) To make sweet to the taste."
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "ndultsescu"
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "endolcir"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiātián",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "加甜"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "sladit"
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "søde"
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "forsøde"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "zoeten"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "dolĉigi"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "magustama"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "makeuttaa"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adoucir"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adozar"
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"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "indulcí"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "süßen"
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "glukaínō",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "γλυκαίνω"
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "édesít"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "milsigh"
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{
"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "addolcire"
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{
"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "zuccherare"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "달게 하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "condulcō"
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{
"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "dulcificō"
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{
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "dulcō"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "dulcōrō"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "saldināt"
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"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "séissen"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zasladuva",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "засладува"
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"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "whakareka"
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adouochi"
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "swētan"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "słodzić"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adoçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adocicar"
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "misk'ichay"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "îndulci"
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{
"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podsláščivatʹ",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подсла́щивать"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podslaščátʹ",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подслаща́ть"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slastítʹ",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
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"word": "сласти́ть"
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"roman": "podslastítʹ",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
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"word": "подсласти́ть"
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"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "indurciai"
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
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"word": "indulchire"
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"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese Sardinian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "indutzà"
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "nnùciri"
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"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "azucarar"
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"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "edulcorar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "endulzar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "söta"
},
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"_dis1": "70 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 4 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidsolódžuvaty",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підсоло́джувати"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidsolodýty",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "підсолоди́ти"
}
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{
"text": "to sweeten life"
},
{
"text": "to sweeten friendship"
}
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"To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings."
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"(transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings."
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"text": "to sweeten the temper"
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"text": "to sweeten the cares of life"
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"(transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve."
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"ref": "1695, John Dryden, De Arte Graphica",
"text": "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.",
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"To soften to the eye; to make delicate."
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"(transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate."
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"text": "to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected"
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"text": "to sweeten the air"
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"text": "to dry and sweeten soils"
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"text": "to sweeten water, butter, or meat"
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"To restore to purity; to free from taint."
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"text": "to sweeten the deal by increasing the price offered"
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"(transitive) To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations."
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"roman": "smekčavam",
"sense": "to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations",
"word": "смекчавам"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations",
"word": "versüßen"
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations",
"word": "nnùciri"
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"To become sweet."
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"(intransitive) To become sweet."
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"sense": "to become sweet",
"word": "süß werden"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"word": "édesedik"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"word": "édesül"
},
{
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"word": "nnuciri"
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{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "solódšaty",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "соло́дшати"
},
{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "posolódšaty",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"tags": [
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"word": "посоло́дшати"
}
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Music",
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"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
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"ref": "2011, Russell Dean Vines, Composing Digital Music For Dummies, page 326",
"text": "In most popular music the bowed strings usually play long, sustained, sweeping parts, and are sometimes added to a vocal track later in a process known as sweetening.",
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{
"ref": "2014, Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby, African American Music: An Introduction, page 259",
"text": "Rather than employ strings to “sweeten” the songs, Motown's arrangements used strings as a timbral layer, in conjunction with syncopated horn lines, for a fuller sound; […]",
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"(music, transitive) To supplement (a composition) with additional instruments, especially strings."
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},
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},
{
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"sense": "to make warm and fertile",
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{
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"word": "sweeten the pot"
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"text": "to sweeten tea"
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"text": "to sweeten life"
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"text": "to sweeten friendship"
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"text": "to sweeten the temper"
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"text": "to sweeten the cares of life"
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"ref": "1695, John Dryden, De Arte Graphica",
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"examples": [
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"text": "to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected"
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"text": "to sweeten the air"
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"text": "to dry and sweeten soils"
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"To make warm and fertile."
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"(transitive) To make warm and fertile."
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"text": "to sweeten water, butter, or meat"
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"To restore to purity; to free from taint."
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"(transitive) To restore to purity; to free from taint."
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"text": "to sweeten the deal by increasing the price offered"
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"To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations."
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],
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"(transitive) To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations."
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"To become sweet."
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"(intransitive) To become sweet."
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]
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"ref": "2014, Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby, African American Music: An Introduction, page 259",
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"ipa": "/ˈswiːtən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈswiːtn̩]"
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{
"ipa": "[ˈswiːʔn̩]"
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{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "ndultsescu"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "ãndultsescu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podslaždam",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "подслаждам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "endolcir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiātián",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "加甜"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "sladit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "søde"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "forsøde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "zoeten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "dolĉigi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "magustama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "makeuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adoucir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adozar"
},
{
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "indulcí"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "süßen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "glukaínō",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "γλυκαίνω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "édesít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "milsigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "addolcire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "zuccherare"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "달게 하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "condulcō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "dulcificō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "dulcō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "dulcōrō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "saldināt"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "séissen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zasladuva",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "засладува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "whakareka"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adouochi"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "swētan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "słodzić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adoçar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "adocicar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "misk'ichay"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "îndulci"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podsláščivatʹ",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подсла́щивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podslaščátʹ",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подслаща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slastítʹ",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сласти́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podslastítʹ",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подсласти́ть"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "indurciai"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "indulchire"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese Sardinian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "indutzà"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "nnùciri"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "azucarar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "edulcorar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "endulzar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"word": "söta"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidsolódžuvaty",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підсоло́джувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidsolodýty",
"sense": "to make sweet to the taste",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підсолоди́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smekčavam",
"sense": "to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations",
"word": "смекчавам"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations",
"word": "versüßen"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations",
"word": "nnùciri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"word": "süß werden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"word": "édesedik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"word": "édesül"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"word": "nnuciri"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "solódšaty",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "соло́дшати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "posolódšaty",
"sense": "to become sweet",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "посоло́дшати"
}
],
"word": "sweeten"
}
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