Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To treat or combine with sulfur.
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc. Amended spellings of sulphurate, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb chemistry to
treat or tocombine something withsulfur
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This is an industrial plant that converts the final syrup into a protein, a product that contains 50 percent protein, and which is able to convert 5 tons of final syrup -- by adding ammonia water, sulfurate ammonia, superphosphate, and some cultivated bacteria through a mechanical biological process -- making a product that is very rich in proteins; I was saying 50 percent, very rich in vitamins and other elements.
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