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Definition of Acierate
1. Verb. To convert iron into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acierate
1. to turn into steel [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acierate
Literary usage of Acierate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"When only a thin coating of steel is required, it is unnecessary to acierate by
packing in charcoal ; the iron to be hardened is heated to redness and then ..."
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