Acidulate
[ә'sidjuleit]
Definition
(v. t.) To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
Typist: Rebecca
Examples
- They are called the two fluid batteries, because in place of a single acidulated bath in which the dissimilar metals were before placed, two different liquid solutions were employed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This consisted of alternate discs of copper and zinc, separated by layers of cloth steeped in an acidulated solution. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Water, acidulated with 1/100th part of sulphuric acid, is heated to boiling, and a hot mixture of starch and water is allowed to flow into it gradually. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- His apparatus consisted of a small glass trough, filled with acidulated water, through the bottom part of which were introduced several gold wires corresponding to the letters of the alphabet. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Margery