[irishjuggler]

You hurled a veiled attempt to call me stupid

You don't need me for that, chief. Res ipsa loquitur.


which didn't bother me

It bothered you. You wouldn't have followed up if it didn't. I can smell the stench of your wounded pride. It reeks.

and you were wrong

No.
http://grammarist.com/usage/marinade-marinate/

Marinade is a liquid mixture (usually vinegar, oil, and herbs) in which meat is soaked before cooking. Marinate is the corresponding verb (i.e., to soak in marinade). The noun marinade has been mistakenly used in place of the verb marinate so often and for so long that many dictionaries now list marinade as a variant of marinate. Still, there is no reason not to keep the words separate.

[tinyowl]

I stand on what I said in the first post. I happen to believe it to be true. You’re probably not going to change that, but of course all that matters or is real is what’s true for you, so that’s fine. I suspect you knew what I was getting at, and either it was true mostly or not mostly. Either way, the day moves forward.

[Heart-Rest]

"Marinade is a liquid mixture (usually vinegar, oil, and herbs) in which meat is soaked before cooking. Marinate is the corresponding verb (i.e., to soak in marinade). The noun marinade has been mistakenly used in place of the verb marinate so often and for so long that many dictionaries now list marinade as a variant of marinate. Still, there is no reason not to keep the words separate."

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Well, if you want to believe that the opinions expressed by the anal-retentive nancy boys who run that "grammarist" blog are more authoritative and reliable for word definitions and proper word usage than all major current standard English dictionaries, you are certainly free to do so.

However, the real honest truth is that, whatever its derivation, it is legal and proper English to use the word "marinade" as a verb today, according to all major English dictionaries, and those are the authorities I will rely on.