phosphorate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Chemistry. Also to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
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to cause to have phosphorescence.
verb
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to treat or combine with phosphorus
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rare (tr) to cause (a substance) to exhibit phosphorescence
Etymology
Origin of phosphorate
Example Sentences
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On the heath, glow-worms glimmer; on the moss, phosphorate toadstools, under whose canopies tiny elfs watch the gambols.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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