Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as vitriolate.
  • To poison or injure with vitriol.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
  • transitive verb To injure (a person) with vitriol, or sulphuric acid, as by throwing it upon the face.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.

Etymologies

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Compare French vitrioliser.

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