"sweeten" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈswiːtən/ Audio: en-us-sweeten.ogg [US], en-us-sweeten2.ogg [US] Forms: sweeten [canonical], sweetens [third-person, singular], sweetened [past], sweetened [past, participle], sweetening [present, participle]
Etymology: sweet + -en Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you sweeten something, you make it sweeter. Synonyms: dulcify
    Sense id: simple-sweeten-en-verb-yBJWl~io
  2. If you sweeten a deal or an offer, you make it better for the other person.
    Sense id: simple-sweeten-en-verb-B-goVuQl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -en
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