To treat, preserve, or mix something with glycerin to improve its properties or preserve it.
Glycerin + -ate (verb suffix). Emerged in pharmaceutical and food industry terminology in the late 1800s.
Pharmacists glycerinate medicines to make them taste better and preserve their potency—it's one reason cough syrup tastes sweet but coats your throat.
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