What does "vitriolate" mean?

Vitriolate: (a) To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate. (b) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Vitriolated. [R.]
  2. 3.A sulphate.

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