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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VITRIOLATE

v.t.To convert, as sulphur in any compound, into sulphuric acid, formerly called vitriolic acid. Thus the sulphuret of iron vitriolated, becomes sulphate of iron, or green vitriol.

 

VITRIOLATED

pp. Converted into sulphuric acid or vitriol.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VITRIOLATE

Vit "ri *o *late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitriolated; p. pr. & vb. n.Vitriolating. ] (Old Chem. ) (a ) To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate. (b ) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.

 

VITRIOLATE

VITRIOLATE Vit "ri *o *late, a.

 

Defn: Vitriolated. [R.]

 

VITRIOLATE

VITRIOLATE Vit "ri *o *late, n. (Old Chem. )

 

Defn: A sulphate.

 

VITRIOLATED

VITRIOLATED Vit "ri *o *la `ted, a. (Old Chem. )

 

Defn: Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate.

 

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