titrate

verb

ti·​trate ˈtī-ˌtrāt How to pronounce titrate (audio)
titrated; titrating

transitive verb

: to subject to titration

intransitive verb

: to perform titration
titratable
ˈtī-ˌtrā-tə-bəl How to pronounce titrate (audio)
adjective
titrator
ˈtī-ˌtrā-tər How to pronounce titrate (audio)
noun

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Cherry titrates Dylan’s outie with notes of resignation and resentment, and Turturro bolsters outside Irv — a lonely artist — with genial warmth. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025 Lipton exactly titrates condescension and concern as the front man for a robot quartet performing to a humanity that mistrusts its own machines. — The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024

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titer

First Known Use

circa 1859, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of titrate was circa 1859

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titrate

verb
ti·​trate ˈtī-ˌtrāt How to pronounce titrate (audio)
titrated; titrating

transitive verb

: to subject to titration

intransitive verb

: to perform titration
titrator
-ˌtrāt-ər How to pronounce titrate (audio)
noun
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