bituminate
English
Etymology
Latin bitūminātus, past participle of bitūminō (“I bituminate”), from bitūmen.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈtjuːmɪneɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /bəˈtuməneɪt/
Verb
bituminate (third-person singular simple present bituminates, present participle bituminating, simple past and past participle bituminated)
- (transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
- Bituminated walls of Babylon.
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bituminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Italian
Verb
bituminate
- inflection of bituminare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
bituminate f pl
- feminine plural of bituminato