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Sweet
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
(2):
(superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
(3):
(superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
(4):
(superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
(5):
(superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; - opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
(6):
(n.) That which is sweet to the taste; - used chiefly in the plural.
(7):
(n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
(8):
(n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
(9):
(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
(10):
(n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
(11):
(n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; - a term of endearment.
(12):
(adv.) Sweetly.
(13):
(v. t.) To sweeten.
(14):
(superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
(15):
(superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sweet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sweet.html. 1828.
