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(Succarit,) Succurit, Sugarit, ppl. adj. Also: sugurit, -yt, sugar-, sugurat, sugerit, sugorit, suggurit, -ait, sugger-, suggourit, succred, sucred, sugred, sugg'red. [ME and e.m.E. sucred, sugred (Chaucer), sugurt (c1420), sugrid, -yd (Lydgate), sugared (1586); Succar n. and v. Cf. med. L. (aqua) sugurata (1392 in Latham), OF socré, succré (13th c. and c1350 in Larousse).]

1. Containing, or impregnated with, sugar; sweet like sugar. Also transf., in fig. context, of a drinking-cup.(1) a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 247.
Boxis he bair with fyne electuairis, And sugerit syropis for digestioun 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 130.
The balmy vapour from thar silkyn croppys Distilland hailsum sugurat hunny droppys(2) 1513 Doug. i Prol. 59.
Of Helicon so drank thou dry the flude That of the copios fouth or plenitude All mon purches drynk at thy sugurit tun

b. In fig. context: Sweetened, in order to render more palatable. 1629 Boyd Last B. (1629) 950.
All fleshlie pleasures are both vain and vile … Beware of such succred poison

2. fig. Full of sweetness; honeyed, delicious; delightful, pleasing to the senses, esp. of hearing. a. Of birdsong. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 7.
Ane bird on ane bransche so birst out hir notis … throw the sugarat sound of hir sang glaid … I drew in derne to the dyk c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) xlvi 13.
A nychtingall, with suggurit [M. sugorit] notis new 1535 Stewart 11606.
Thair goldin toungis in rethorik did fleit With sugrit sermone rycht swaue and sweit c1552 Lynd. Mon. 201.
To heir thame [sc. birds] mak thare naturall obseruance So royallie that all the roches rang Throuch repercussioun of thare suggurit sang 15.. Clar. ii 853.
Sugarit a1568 Bann. MS 229b/7.
The birdis … Quhois suggourit nottis loud & cleir Is now ane parradice to heir 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 40/26.
Quho maid the birdis of heauen … to sing uith succurit sounde

b. Of speech or poetry.(1) 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 406.
Quhat sweit vocis! Quhat wordis suggurait! 15.. Clar. iii 1600.
With suggerit wordis of great humbilnes Thay comfortit him 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 229/249.
The Spanioll prince exhorting thus … Uith sucred uordis & gesture goode(2) 1513 Doug. i Prol. 29 (Sm.).
Far gretar diference betuix my blunt endyte And thi scharp sugurat sang Virgiliane c1590 J. Stewart 15/3.
That I may sing with suggurit sang celest That heme of beutie 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas i 15.
Thy … harmonious layes, Whose sugg'red accords … The hearers' senses, at thair ears betrayes

c. Of the lips, mouth, throat, tongue or voice, as a source of eloquence or melodiousness. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 263.
Your sugurit lippis and tongis aureate, Bene to oure eris cause of grete delyte c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) lxvi 10.
The sugurit mouthis with myndis therfra The figurit speiche with faceis tua 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 250.
The larkis … Quhais suguryt throtis maid glaid hartis dans 1560 Rolland Seven S. 2073.
O Pantillas with thy sweit suggurit toung 1585 James VI Ess. 10.
Among the nymphis … I gaue eare to one, who did prepaire Her sugred voice this sequell to disclose c1590 J. Stewart 137 § 5.
The osile and the mawes … Quhois suggurit throts did monie nots out bring