Dictionary entry

Bituminate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bi‐tu″mi‐nate (bĭ‐tū″mĭ‐nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bituminated; p. pr. & vb. n.Bituminating.] [L. bituminatus, p. p. of bituminare to bituminate. See Bitumen.] To treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen. “Bituminated walls of Babylon.” Feltham.