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Webster 1913 Edition

Vitriolate

Vit′ri-o-late

,
Verb.
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.

Vit′ri-o-late

,
Adj.
Vitriolated.
[R.]

Vit′ri-o-late

,
Noun.
(Old Chem.)
A sulphate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vitriolate

VIT'RIOLATE

,
Verb.
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.

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