Obs. rare. [f. mod.L. elementāt- ppl. stem of elementāre, f. elementum ELEMENT.
The vb. elementare occurs in the Latin versions of Paracelsus; the original German has elementieren.]
trans. a. To impregnate with an element; to compound out of elements. b. To be (one or more of) the elements of (a substance).
1650. Ashmole, Chym. Coll., 113. Fermented Ferment, equally elementated with every Element … is Gold.
1660. trans. Paracelsus’ Archidoxis, I. II. 15. The substance … is not from that element which … elementateth the substance.
