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  Sweeten \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.
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     2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as,
        to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.
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     3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the
        temper.
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     4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to
        sweeten the cares of life. --Dryden.
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              And sweeten every secret tear.        --Keble.
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     5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
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              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.
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     6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter;
        as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been
        infected; to sweeten the air.
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     7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry
        and sweeten soils.
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     8. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten
        water, butter, or meat.
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  sweetened
      adj 1: with sweetening added [syn: sugared, sweetened,
             sweet, sweet-flavored]