Definition of "acidulate" []

• To make or become slightly acid. (verb-transitive)

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• "He sits on a rime-covered steel chest, pours a thick sludge of RonRico and lime juice into his travel cup and drinks the acidulate, relishing the chill around his heart and the tingle in his tongue, evidence of life, non est disputandum."
• ""I love the word 'acidulate,'" explains Leslie Tormer."
• "She moved a little closer to Cecil in a rather pathetic gesture of reliance upon that acidulate, bloodless comradeship that was all he had to offer her."