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acidulate

American  
[uh-sij-uh-layt] / əˈsɪdʒ əˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

acidulated, acidulating
  1. to make somewhat acid.

  2. to sour; embitter.


acidulate British  
/ əˈsɪdjʊˌleɪt /

verb

  1. (tr) to make slightly acid or sour

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of acidulate

First recorded in 1725–35; acidul(ous) + -ate 1


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After thoroughly shaking, acidulate with dilute hydrochloric acid, when a blue coloration will be produced if prussic acid is present.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons

If tomatoes are not used, acidulate a combination of tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers.

From The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan by Mary Kennedy Core

A cup of roselle juice diluted is better to acidulate with than the lemon juice.

From The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan by Mary Kennedy Core

As for the drinks, they must be cold, consisting of water with sufficient flour mixed in it to whiten it, and a little vinegar or sulphuric acid, to acidulate it.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon

They narrow the understanding, and at least acidulate the heart; but those two giants, yclept Bread and Cheese, bend me into compliance.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull

Properly acidulated flavors don’t taste artificial; they just taste as if that flavor, usually so subtle, put on some glitter before it came onstage.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

One thing is that buttermilk, because it is acidulated and cultured, basically never goes bad.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2020

The instrument was “composed of alternate tubs of oxygen and hydrogen through each of which passes platina foil so as to dip into separate vessels of water acidulated with sulphuric acid.”

From Scientific American ● Oct. 29, 2017

And use lemon juice squeezed into a cup of water to clean plates before serving; the acidulated water easily removes fingerprints and dirt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2016

Bread 24 slices If frozen, soak the sweetbreads in cold water for an hour to thaw, then parboil in acidulated, salted water until tender, about half an hour.

From Quantity Cookery Menu Planning and Cooking for Large Numbers by Lenore Richards

Chlorides After acidulating with nitric acid, it gives a precipitate with silver nitrate, which after washing is readily soluble in ammonia and reprecipitated by nitric acid.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various

By slightly acidulating the filtrate with hydrochloric acid, it will be rendered ready for the determination.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

Sulphates After acidulating with nitric acid, it gives a precipitate with barium nitrate.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various

The total quantity of these compounds may be ascertained by acidulating with acetic acid, and titrating with N/10 iodine solution, using starch paste as indicator.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons

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