Meanings
sulphurate1
verbsulphurate (third-person singular simple present sulphurates, present participle sulphurating, simple past and past participle sulphurated)
present singular third person sulphurates · participle present sulphurating · participle past sulphurated · past sulphurated
- alternativeAlternative spelling of sulfurate.
sulphurate2
adjectivesulphurate (comparative more sulphurate, superlative most sulphurate)
comparative more sulphurate · superlative most sulphurate
- obsoletepoeticraresulphurous
a pale sulphurate colour
1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC
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Origin
sulphurate · adjective
From sulphur + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Chicago
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