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verb
To treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: sulfurate, sulphurate, sulfuret, sulphuret
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sulfurize From sulfur + -ize.
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