Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To make sweet; render pleasant; soothe.
  • Sweet; pleasant; soothing.
  • noun Sweet wine; must. See the extract.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To make sweet; to soothe.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete sweetness
  • noun seaweed, kelp
  • verb obsolete, transitive To make sweet; to soothe.

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Examples

  • Some may contend that Moon Pies are important as well but in my experience, most Mexican pan dulce is a variation of the dreaded Moon Pie so subtitute, pea brains, and drink horchata and eat the dreadful atole until you can no longer even look at a bowl of that inedible and disgusting porridge even a swine would pass up if given the choice.

    Page 4 2009

  • You bring your TUPPER and buy a couple of liters of pozole, a dozen tamales, or a liter of atole to take home to drink with fresh pan dulce from the bakery.

    Hidden Restaurants - on the hunt 2009

  • You bring your TUPPER and buy a couple of liters of pozole, a dozen tamales, or a liter of atole to take home to drink with fresh pan dulce from the bakery.

    Hidden Restaurants - on the hunt 2009

  • Some may contend that Moon Pies are important as well but in my experience, most Mexican pan dulce is a variation of the dreaded Moon Pie so subtitute, pea brains, and drink horchata and eat the dreadful atole until you can no longer even look at a bowl of that inedible and disgusting porridge even a swine would pass up if given the choice.

    Page 4 2009

  • You bring your TUPPER and buy a couple of liters of pozole, a dozen tamales, or a liter of atole to take home to drink with fresh pan dulce from the bakery.

    Hidden Restaurants - on the hunt 2009

  • Some may contend that Moon Pies are important as well but in my experience, most Mexican pan dulce is a variation of the dreaded Moon Pie so subtitute, pea brains, and drink horchata and eat the dreadful atole until you can no longer even look at a bowl of that inedible and disgusting porridge even a swine would pass up if given the choice.

    Page 4 2009

  • Some may contend that Moon Pies are important as well but in my experience, most Mexican pan dulce is a variation of the dreaded Moon Pie so subtitute, pea brains, and drink horchata and eat the dreadful atole until you can no longer even look at a bowl of that inedible and disgusting porridge even a swine would pass up if given the choice.

    Page 4 2009

  • You bring your TUPPER and buy a couple of liters of pozole, a dozen tamales, or a liter of atole to take home to drink with fresh pan dulce from the bakery.

    Hidden Restaurants - on the hunt 2009

  • Some may contend that Moon Pies are important as well but in my experience, most Mexican pan dulce is a variation of the dreaded Moon Pie so subtitute, pea brains, and drink horchata and eat the dreadful atole until you can no longer even look at a bowl of that inedible and disgusting porridge even a swine would pass up if given the choice.

    Page 4 2009

  • You bring your TUPPER and buy a couple of liters of pozole, a dozen tamales, or a liter of atole to take home to drink with fresh pan dulce from the bakery.

    Hidden Restaurants - on the hunt 2009

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  • Spanish: sweet

    September 12, 2007

  • The root of Dulcinea.

    September 12, 2007