rare. [Cf. prec. and -ATE3.] trans. To affect or treat with vitriol; to render vitriolic.
1605. Timme, Quersit., I. vii. 27. By reason of a singular temper of sharpness vitriolated by sweet and sulphurus spirits.
1828–32. Webster, Vitriolate, to convert, as sulphur in any compound, into sulphuric acid, formerly called vitriolic acid.
