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sweet·en  (swtn)

v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens

v.tr.

1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance.

2. To make more pleasant or agreeable.

3. To soften or soothe: sweetened her mood.

4. To make bearable; alleviate.

5. Informal

a. To increase the value of (collateral for a loan) by adding more securities.

b. To enhance the attractiveness or financial desirability of (an offer, for example).

6. Games To increase the value of (an unwon poker pot) by adding stakes before reopening.

7. To make less acidic: sweeten the stomach with antacids.

8. To remove sulfur compounds from (fuel oil or gas).

v.intr.

To become sweet.

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sweeten [ˈswiːt^ən]

vb (mainly tr)

1. (also intr) to make or become sweet or sweeter

2. to mollify or soften (a person)

3. to make more agreeable

4. (Chemistry) (also intr) Chem to free or be freed from unpleasant odours, acidic or corrosive substances, or the like

5. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Finance chiefly US to raise the value of (loan collateral) by adding more securities

6. (Group Games / Card Games) Informal poker to enlarge (the pot) by adding chips

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sweeten - make sweeter in taste dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate honey - sweeten with honey saccharify, sugar - sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea" candy, sugarcoat, glaze - coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze mull - heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider" change taste - alter the flavor of acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour - make sour or more sour
	2.	sweeten - make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

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sweeten

verb

1. sugar, honey, sugar-coat He liberally sweetened his coffee.

2. soften, ease, alleviate, relieve, temper, cushion, mellow, make less painful They sweetened the deal with a rather generous cash payment.

3. mollify, appease, placate, soothe, pacify, soften up, sugar the pill He is likely to try to sweeten them with pledges of fresh aid.

Translations

sweeten [ˈswiːtn]

A. VT

1. [+ tea, coffee, dish] → endulzar
sweeten to taste → endulzar al gusto
sweeten with honey if desired → endulzar con miel si se desea

2. (= freshen) [+ breath] → refrescar; [+ room] → ambientar

3. (fig)

3.1. (= placate, soften) [+ temper] → aplacar, calmar; [+ process, reforms] → suavizar, facilitar (also sweeten up) [+ person] → ablandar
see also pill

3.2. (with financial incentives) [+ deal] → hacer más atractivo; [+ person] (= bribe) → sobornar; (= win over) → ganarse a

B. VI [person] → volverse(más)dulce

sweeten [ˈswiːt^ən] vt

[+ tea, coffee, sauce, dish] → sucrer

(also sweeten up) (= make more amenable) [+ person] → amadouer

(= make more attractive) [+ offer, deal] → rendre plus attrayant(e)

sweeten

vt coffee, sauce → süßen; air, breath → reinigen; (fig) temper → bessern; task → versüßen; deal, terms → schmackhaft machen; to sweeten somebody (inf) → jdn gnädig stimmen; (inf: = bribe) → jdn schmieren (inf); to sweeten the pill → die bittere Pille versüßen

vi (temper) → sich bessern; (person) → gute Laune bekommen

sweeten [ˈswiːtn] vt (tea) → zuccherare; (air) → profumare (fig) (temper) → addolcire; (task) → rendere più piacevole (also sweeten up) (person) → ingraziarsi; (child) → tenere buono/a

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sweeten [ˈswiːtn] vt (tea) → zuccherare; (air) → profumare (fig) (temper) → addolcire; (task) → rendere più piacevole (also sweeten up) (person) → ingraziarsi; (child) → tenere buono/a