See Also: sulphurate(medicine)
sulphurate(dictionary)

sulphurate (iou)



sulphurate verb trans. Also (US & Chemistry) sulfurate. E17.
[Orig. as pa. ppl adjective sulphurated, from Latin sulphuratus, formed as SULPHUR: see -ED1.]
As sulphurated ppl adjective. Pertaining to brimstone or hell; satanic. Only in E17.
= 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 M19.