acidulate

2 definitions found

acidulate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acidulate \A*cid"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acidulated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Acidulating.] [Cf. F. aciduler. See
     Acidulous.]
     To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
     --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster]

acidulate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acidulate
      v 1: make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify,
           acidulate, acetify] [ant: dulcify, dulcorate,
           edulcorate, sweeten]