To treat or process something with licorice or its extract, or to make something sweet like licorice.
From 'glycyrrhiza' (licorice plant genus) + '-ize' (verb-forming suffix). The term developed from pharmaceutical preparation practices involving licorice root.
Medieval apothecaries would 'glycyrize' herbal medicines by adding licorice extract—partly for flavor to make bitter medicines palatable, but also because licorice actually soothes the throat and stomach.
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