acidulate

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As for the drinks, they must be cold, consisting of water with sufficient flour mixed in it to whiten it, and a little vinegar or sulphuric acid, to acidulate it.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

They narrow the understanding, and at least acidulate the heart; but those two giants, yclept Bread and Cheese, bend me into compliance.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.

V. be sour; sour, turn sour &c. adj.; set the teeth on edge. render sour &c. adj.; acidify, acidulate.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Filter, acidulate the filtrate with an excess of 10 c.c. of acetic acid, dilute, boil, and titrate.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

A cup of roselle juice diluted is better to acidulate with than the lemon juice.

From The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan by Core, Mary Kennedy