salinatev.
/ˈsalᵻneɪt/, U.S. /ˈsæləˌneɪt/ transitive. To add salt to, to make salty. Also: (Chemistry) †to neutralize (an acid) by adding a base, thereby forming a salt (obsolete rare).
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1827 W. P. C. Barton Outl. Lect. Materia Med. II. 16 Salinating the solution with ammonia.
1876 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 4 Aug. 884/1 Heavier but rarer falls, the waters of which..mix with the noxious waters of the lagoons ere they penetrate and salinate the soil to any depth.
1878 Amer. Med. Bi-weekly 21 Dec. 298/1 The bases contained in the juice are not sufficient to salinate the hydrochloric acid.
1920 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Mar. 357/2 It may be said that in oedema water is retained to dilute the salt and not salt to salinate the water.
1974 Sci. News 8 June 372/2 Artificial irrigation that has been substituted for the natural flooding cycle threatens to salinate the land.
2003 Sci. Amer. Feb. 8/3 Oakland fears that rising seas will salinate its underground aquifer.
Derivatives
ˈsalinated adj.
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1842 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 726/2 (table) Salinated water.
1913 Post-graduate 28 249 A salinated solution of glucose.
2012 Metro (National ed.) (Nexis) 20 Nov. 42 The process of bathing meat in a solution of 1:10 salinated water alters its flavour and texture.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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