† ˈsulphurateadj.
Obs. rare.
Made or consisting of, or resembling, sulphur; containing sulphurous gases.
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sulphury1580
sulphurate1660
sulphuric1815
sulphuriferous1830
1660 H. More Explan. Mystery Godliness v. xvi. 189 A pale sulphurate colour.
1666 W. Boghurst Loimographia (1894) 87 Taking..strong waters, sulphurate, and Plague waters.
1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 175 A fresh Cask, newly fumed with a Sulphurate Match.
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sulphuratev.
rare.
trans. To combine with, or convert into, sulphur; to impregnate with, or subject to the action of, sulphur.
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sulphurate1757
sulphurize1794
1757 tr. J. F. Henckel Pyritologia xiii. 248 When I would try to make ores from metals..I am obliged to use metallic earths, or formal metals, also real sulphur and arsenic, in order either to arsenicate, or sulphurate the former.
1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 277 Sulphurate,..soufrer, ensoufrer; convertir en sulfure.
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