vitriolate

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English

Etymology

vitriol +‎ -ate

Noun

vitriolate (plural vitriolates)

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) A sulfate.

Verb

vitriolate (third-person singular simple present vitriolates, present participle vitriolating, simple past and past participle vitriolated)

  1. To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate.
  2. To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vitriolate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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