acidulate
Americanverb
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Etymology
Origin of acidulate
First recorded in 1725–35; acidul(ous) + -ate 1
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V. be sour; sour, turn sour &c. adj.; set the teeth on edge. render sour &c. adj.; acidify, acidulate.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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 Core, Mary Kennedy
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 Core, Mary Kennedy
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 Turnbull, A.
Filter, acidulate the filtrate with an excess of 10 c.c. of acetic acid, dilute, boil, and titrate.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
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
Where phosphoric acid is necessary, it can be had in the form of ground bone or acidulated rock, and potash can be had in the form of sulphate or as kainit.
From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous
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 Simmons, W. H.
Sulphates After acidulating with nitric acid, it gives a precipitate with barium nitrate.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various
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 Beringer, Cornelius
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