nectarize

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Etymology[edit]

nectar +‎ -ize

Verb[edit]

nectarize (third-person singular simple present nectarizes, present participle nectarizing, simple past and past participle nectarized)

  1. (obsolete) To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.
    • 1588, G[abriel] H[arvey], edited by J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], Fovre Letters, and Certaine Sonnets, [] (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n., published 1870], →OCLC:
      Gently assemble, delicacies all,
      And sweetly nectarize this bitter gall!

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