acidulate

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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

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

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

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.

After thoroughly shaking, acidulate with dilute hydrochloric acid, when a blue coloration will be produced if prussic acid is present.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.