sulphurate

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English

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Etymology

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From sulphur +‎ -ate.

Verb

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sulphurate (third-person singular simple present sulphurates, present participle sulphurating, simple past and past participle sulphurated)

  1. Alternative spelling of sulfurate

Adjective

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sulphurate (comparative more sulphurate, superlative most sulphurate)

  1. (poetic, rare, obsolete) sulphurous
    • 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; [], London: [] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden [], →OCLC:
      a pale sulphurate colour