Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to edulcorate
Participle: edulcorated
Gerund: edulcorating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | edulcorate |
| you | edulcorate |
| he;she;it | edulcorates |
| we | edulcorate |
| you | edulcorate |
| they | edulcorate |
Perfect
| I | have edulcorated |
| you | have edulcorated |
| he;she;it | has edulcorated |
| we | have edulcorated |
| you | have edulcorated |
| they | have edulcorated |
Past
| I | edulcorated |
| you | edulcorated |
| he;she;it | edulcorated |
| we | edulcorated |
| you | edulcorated |
| they | edulcorated |
Pluperfect
| I | had edulcorated |
| you | had edulcorated |
| he;she;it | had edulcorated |
| we | had edulcorated |
| you | had edulcorated |
| they | had edulcorated |
Future
| I | will edulcorate |
| you | will edulcorate |
| he;she;it | will edulcorate |
| we | will edulcorate |
| you | will edulcorate |
| they | will edulcorate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have edulcorated |
| you | will have edulcorated |
| he;she;it | will have edulcorated |
| we | will have edulcorated |
| you | will have edulcorated |
| they | will have edulcorated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | edulcorate |
| you | edulcorate |
| he;she;it | edulcorate |
| we | edulcorate |
| you | edulcorate |
| they | edulcorate |
Perfect
| I | have edulcorated |
| you | have edulcorated |
| he;she;it | have edulcorated |
| we | have edulcorated |
| you | have edulcorated |
| they | have edulcorated |
Imperfect
| I | edulcorated |
| you | edulcorated |
| he;she;it | edulcorated |
| we | edulcorated |
| you | edulcorated |
| they | edulcorated |
Pluperfect
| I | had edulcorated |
| you | had edulcorated |
| he;she;it | had edulcorated |
| we | had edulcorated |
| you | had edulcorated |
| they | had edulcorated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would edulcorate |
| you | would edulcorate |
| he;she;it | would edulcorate |
| we | would edulcorate |
| you | would edulcorate |
| they | would edulcorate |
Perfect
| I | would have edulcorated |
| you | would have edulcorated |
| he;she;it | would have edulcorated |
| we | would have edulcorated |
| you | would have edulcorated |
| they | would have edulcorated |
Imperative
| you | edulcorate |
| we | Let's edulcorate |
| you | edulcorate |
Verbs conjugated like 'edulcorate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'edulcorate'
dulcorate,
exulcerate,
adulterate,
decorate,
dedecorate,
educamate,
educate,
explorate,
redecorate,
ulcerate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ēdulcōrō. Compare French édulcorer. See: French '
édulcorer'.
Sample Sentences
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I guess I am simply accustomed to dealing with more edulcorated versions of xenophobia. [2019, Valeria Luiselli, Lost Children Archive, Alfred A. Knopf, page 129:]
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The more Judicious of the Chymiſts themſelves do ſeveral of them novv acknovvledge, that the bare reducing of Pearls to fine Povvder, affords a Medicine much richer in the Vertues of the Pearls, then the Magiſtery, prepar'd by diſſolving them in acid Spirits, and precipitating them vvith Oyl of Tartar, and aftervvards ſcrupulously edulcorating them. [1663, Robert Boyle, “Essay V. Proposing Some Particulars wherein Natural Philosophy may be Useful to the Therapeutical Part of Physick.”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part II, section I (Of It’s Usefulness to Physick), chapter VI, pages 159–160:]