To convert, as sulphur in any compound, into sulphuric acid, formerly called vitriolic acid. Thus the sulphuret of iron vitriolated, becomes sulphate of iron, or green vitriol.
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A sulphate.
1. To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate.
2. To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.
Converted into sulphuric acid or vitriol.
Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate.
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