SWEETEN

verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1552 transitive verb to make sweet, to soften the mood or attitude of, to make less painful or trying, to free from a harmful or undesirable quality or substance, to make more valuable or attractive , to increase (a pot not won on the previous deal) by anteing prior to another deal, to place additional securities as collateral for (a loan), intransitive verb to become sweet, ~er noun