sulphurate

English

Etymology 1

From sulphur +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

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

1. Alternative spelling of sulfurate

Etymology 2

From sulphur +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

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