To treat, coat, or combine something with bitumen.
Formed from 'bitumen' plus the Latin suffix '-ate,' which commonly creates verbs meaning 'to treat with' or 'to cause to become.' This follows the standard pattern of English verbs derived from Latin.
Engineers bituminate road surfaces to make them waterproof and durable—the process involves heating bitumen and mixing it with crushed stone to create the asphalt we drive on.
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