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Verb: sweeten  swee-t(u)n
  1. Make sweeter in taste
    - dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate
     
  2. Make more pleasant or agreeable
    "sweeten a deal";
    - sugar

Derived forms: sweetens, sweetening, sweetened

Type of: alter, change, change taste, modify

Antonym: acidulate

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