different between acidulate vs aciculate

English

Etymology

Compare French aciduler. See acidulous.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s?d??.le?t/

Verb

acidulate (third-person singular simple present acidulates, present participle acidulating, simple past and past participle acidulated)

1. (transitive) To make slightly or moderately acid; to acidify.
2. (transitive) To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
3. (transitive) To use an acidic catalyst, with the chemical change being emphasised over the importance of the change in pH. Used in the processing of biodiesel co-products.

Translations

Italian

Verb

acidulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of acidulare
2. second-person plural imperative of acidulare
3. feminine plural of acidulato

English

Alternative forms

• aciculated

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?t

Adjective

aciculate (comparative more aciculate, superlative most aciculate)

1. Furnished with aciculae.
2. acicular
3. Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
   • 1871, Berthold Seeman, Journal of botany, British and foreign, Volume 9

     The chief points of difference between specimens of the two are that those of R. mutabilis are more setaceous, but less aciculate on the barren stems, the terminal leaflets are more frequently narrowed at the base, though occasionally they have the ovate form usual in the Plymouth plant.

Latin

Adjective

acicul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of acicul?tus