addu lce, adulce, addoulse

t. [Lat. dulcis = sweet.] Lit. & fig . To sweeten. (Minsheu: Dict. Howell: Dict.) "Thus did the French amba adors, with great show of their king's affection, and many sugared words, seek to addulce all matters between the two kings. -Bacon : Henry VII . -āde. A suffix occurring in words originally French, as cannonade, rodomontade. It corresponds to the Spanish ada , the Italian ata , and the Latin pa. par. at us . It implies an action in progre . a'-děb, s . [Arab.] An Egyptian weight, generally of 210 okes. In Rosetta, however, it is only 150 okes. The oke is about 24 English pounds avoirdupois.