英语词汇“edulcorate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

edulcorate

释义

▪ I. edulcorate, ppl. a. rare.|ɪˈdʌlkərət|
[ad. L. ēdulcorāt-us; see next.]
Softened, sweetened.
1810Bentham Packing (1821) 112 An excuse such as might have been expected to..call forth sympathy and edulcorate feelings in the bosom even of the most obdurate Judge.1819H. Busk Dessert 459 Edulcorate juice from every clustering vine.
▪ II. edulcorate, v.|ɪˈdʌlkəreɪt|
[f. L. ēdulcorāt- ppl. stem of ēdulcorāre, f. ē out + dulc-or sweetness.]
†1. To sweeten, make sweet. Obs.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 415 Giving to the infants..water of succory, endive, and violets edulcorated.1675Evelyn Terra (1729) 31 Dung of Swine..is said..to edulcorate..fruit so sensibly as to convert the bitterest Almond into sweet.1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 60 Strain off, and edulcorate with Sugar to make it palatable.
2. To free from harsh and acrid properties; to purify, soften.
1641French Distill. iii. (1651) 75 Edulcorate it..by boiling it in spirit of Vinegar.1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 108 This Vinegar impregnated and edulcorated with the Lead.1762Gentl. Mag. 225 Experiments for edulcorating vicious train-oil.
3. Chem. To free from soluble particles by agitation or trituration in water, or by washing on a filter.
1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chem. 14 By evaporating the corrosive Menstrum, then edultorating [sic].1683Salmon Dom. Med. lxi. 320 Which you may edulcorate by many washings.1754Huxham in Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 858 Let the salt be well washed off, and the mass well edulcorated.1832G. Porter Porcelain & Gl. 218 The silex which is precipitated by this means must then be edulcorated and dried.1844North Brit. Rev. II. 72 He might..edulcorate the muriatic and fluoric radicals.
Hence eˈdulcorated ppl. a. eˈdulcorating vbl. n., ppl. a., softening, sweetening, purifying. eˌdulcoˈration, the action or process of washing away particles soluble in water.
1660Character of Italy 83 We will allay the bitterness of this potion with the edulcorating ingredients of their virtues.1718Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. (1730) II. xxi. §27 This the Chymists call Edulcorating, that is to say, making sweet or fresh.1758Elaboratory laid Open 241 The edulcoration may be sufficiently perfected by such an ablution.1776Phil. Trans. LXVI. 609 A precipitation..after edulcoration and exsiccation, weighed forty-two grains.1782Withering in Phil. Trans. LXXII. 332 The edulcorated powder was now perfectly white.1805Gregor ibid. XCV. 336 The last portion of edulcorating water dropped through the filter of an opalish hue.1866Griffin Chem. Handicraft (Heading of Chapter), Filtration, Percolation, Edulcoration.

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