Definition of: sweeten

(swēt′n) v.t.
1. To make sweet or sweeter.
2. To make more endurable; lighten.
3. To make pleasant or gratifying.
4. In poker, to increase the chips in (the pot).
5. To add gilt-edge securities to others so as to increase the value of (collateral for a loan).
—v.i.
6. To become sweet or sweeter.
—sweet′en·er noun