Ful"mi*nate (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Fulminated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of
fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen
thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf.
Fulmine.] 1. To thunder; hence, to make a
loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent
report.
2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures
with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth
menaces.
Ful"mi*nate, v. t. 1.
To cause to explode. Sprat.
2. To utter or send out with denunciations or
censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by
ecclesiastical authority.
They fulminated the most hostile of all
decrees.
De Quincey.
Ful"mi*nate (?), n. [Cf. P.
fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i.]
(Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See
under Fulminic. (b) A fulminating
powder.
Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of
gold; -- called also fulminating gold, and aurum
fulminans.
