Dictionary entry

Sugar (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sug″ar, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sugared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sugaring.] 1. To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with. “When I sugar my liquor.” G. Eliot.

2. To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof.

With devotion's visage

And pious action we do sugar o'er

The devil himself. Shak.