vitriolate

comparative more vitriolate · superlative most vitriolate

1. archaicSynonym of vitriolic, of or related to vitriol, various metallic sulphates.

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   The ſecond way whereby bodies become blacke, is an Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperoſe quality conjoyning with a terreſtrious and aſtringent humidity, for ſo is Atramentum ſcriptorium, or writing Inke commonly made, by copperoſe caſt upon decoction or infuſion of galls...

   1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book 6, Chapter XII: "A Digression Concerning Blacknesse", p. 336

   Synonyms: vitriolic, of or related to vitriol, various metallic sulphates

present singular third person vitriolates · participle present vitriolating · participle past vitriolated · past vitriolated

1. To convert into a vitriol, to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate.
2. To change into a vitriol, to become a sulphuric acid or a sulphate.
3. To expose to a vitriol.

plural vitriolates

1. archaicSynonym of sulfate, a salt or ester of sulphuric acid.

   Synonyms: sulfate