English

Etymology
suffix|sweet|en|ss=3

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-sweeten.ogg|Audio (US), *audio|en-us-sweeten2.ogg|Audio 2 (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�t�n|-i�t�n

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

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.

#:And sweeten every secret tear. - Keble.

1. 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.

1. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.
2. To make warm and fertile; — opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.
3. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
4. To make more attractive; — said of offers in negotiations, as, to sweeten the deal by increasing the price offered.

Intransitive verb
en-verb

1. To become sweet.

Translations
Aromanian: ndulţescu
Romanian: îndulci

Category:English ergative verbs

fa:sweeten
io:sweeten
ta:sweeten
te:sweeten
vi:sweeten

• 2007-11-09 00:48 - Conrad.Irwin - {{suffix}} (Using [[:mw:Extension:Autoedit]] Regexp)

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