Meaning of tarten | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To make tart or bitter
   transitive
2. To become tart or bitter
   intransitive

Examples

“These faults in a scholar tend to tarten the writing, to enliven the reader.”

“I loved their shouts of welcome as I trudged across the fields carrying the heavy jug. Mama mixed the old time drink from cold well water, a pinch of ginger, molasses and some vinegar to tarten it.”

“He knew precisely when to spice the orchestration with percussive pepper, when to add a pinch more of sugar, when to tarten the mixture with a squeeze or two of lime.”

“[…] her sweetness tartened as one side of her clutched loyalty, the other love.”

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