VIT'RIOLATE, verb transitive 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.