dulcification

English

Etymology

Compare French dulcification.

Noun

dulcification (usually uncountable, plural dulcifications)

1. The act of dulcifying or sweetening.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:

     the exactest calcination , follow'd by an exquisite dulcification , does not alwaies reduce the remaining body into elementary earth.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dulcification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

From dulcifier +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyl.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

dulcification f (plural dulcifications)

1. softening (act or process of making softer)