sulphurate verb trans. ['sʌlfjʊreɪt] Also (
US &
Chemistry)
sulfurate.
E17.[Orig. as pa. ppl adjective sulphurated, from Latin sulphuratus, formed as SULPHUR: see -ED1.]1. As
sulphurated ppl adjective. Pertaining to brimstone or hell; satanic. Only in
E17.2. =
SULPHURIZE. Chiefly as
sulphurated ppl adjective.
M18. ■ sulphu'ration noun (now
rare)
(a) an act of anointing with sulphur;
(b) the action of sulphurating something:
E18. ■ sulphurator noun an apparatus for sulphurating plants
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