sulphurate

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English

Etymology 1

From sulphur +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

sulphurate (third-person singular simple present sulphurates, present participle sulphurating, simple past and past participle sulphurated)

  1. Alternative spelling of sulfurate

Etymology 2

From sulphur +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

sulphurate (comparative more sulphurate, superlative most sulphurate)

  1. (poetic, rare, obsolete) sulphurous
    • 1660, H More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; , London: J Flesher, for W Morden , →OCLC:
      a pale sulphurate colour