To become sweet, in any sense.To make sweet to any of the senses.To make pleasing or grateful to the mind: as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.To make mild or kind; soften.To make less painful or laborious; lighten.To increase the agreeable qualities of; also, to render less disagreeable or harsh: as, to sweeten the joys or pleasures of life.To make pure and wholesome by destroying noxious or offensive matter; bring back to a state of purity or freshness; free from taint: as, to sweeten apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air; to sweeten water.To make mellow and fertile: as, to dry and sweeten soils.To wash (gold) with hot water after the parting process.See the extract.