phosphorate

[fos-fuh-reyt]

verb (used with object)

phosphorated, phosphorating 

1. Chemistry.,  Also to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.

2. to cause to have phosphorescence.

phosphorate

/ ˈfɒsfəˌreɪt /

verb

1. to treat or combine with phosphorus

2. rare,  (tr) to cause (a substance) to exhibit phosphorescence

Word History and Origins

Origin of phosphorate¹

1780–90; phosphor- or phosphor + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

On the heath, glow-worms glimmer; on the moss, phosphorate toadstools, under whose canopies tiny elfs watch the gambols.

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