▪ I. ˈviridate, n. Chem.
[f. virid-ic + -ate1.]
A salt formed by the action of viridic acid.
| 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1002 Coffee-beans owe their green colour to a small quantity of calcic viridate. Ibid., The blue precipitate of lead-viridate is decomposed by sulphydric acid. |
▪ II. † ˈviridate, v. Obs.—0
[f. late L. viridāre to grow green, f. viridis virid a.]
(See quots.)
| 1623 Cockeram i, Viridate, to wax or make greene. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Viridate, to make green and lusty. |