dulcorate

First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dulcoraten, from dulcorat(e) (“sweetened”, used as the past participle of dulcoraten) +‎ -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin dulcōrātus, perfect passive participle of dulcōrō (“to sweeten”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

dulcorate (third-person singular simple present dulcorates, present participle dulcorating, simple past and past participle dulcorated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten (literal or figurative).
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     The ancients for the dulcorating of fruit, do commend swines dung above all other dung

Inherited from Middle English dulcorat(e), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

dulcorate (comparative more dulcorate, superlative most dulcorate)

1. (obsolete) Filled with sweetness, sweet.

• “dulcorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

dulcōrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dulcōrō