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pul'v[.e]r-a-bl, adj. that may be reduced to fine powder--also PUL'VER[=I]SABLE.--adj. PULVER[=A]'CEOUS, having a powdery surface.--vs.t. PUL'VERATE, PUL'VERISE, to reduce to dust or fine powder.--vs.i. to fall down into dust or powder: to roll or wallow in the dust.--ns. PUL'VERINE, ashes of barilla; PULVERIS[=A]'TION; PUL'VER[=I]SER.--adj. PUL'VEROUS, consisting of, or like, dust or powder.--n. PULVER'[=U]LENCE.--adj. PULVER'[=U]LENT, consisting of fine powder: powdery: dusty. [L. pulvis, pulveris, powder.]