unsour

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sour.

Verb

unsour (third-person singular simple present unsours, present participle unsouring, simple past and past participle unsoured)

1. (transitive) To remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour.
   • 2005, Caroline Swain, Upon That Fish: A Portrait of New Zealand in 292 Lifts, page 220:

     He'd worked in the dairy industry for thirty-one years, recalling how in the past, when regulations were less stringent, they'd worked out how to unsour old cream, which they made into butter for domestic consumption.

   • 2016, Andrea R. Cooper, Claimed, page 5:

     The breathing exercise did little to unsour her mood.