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brominate

brominate verb: to treat or react with bromine or hydrobromic acid, to introduce bromine into a compound.

Verb

brominate (third-person singular simple present brominates, present participle brominating, simple past and past participle brominated)

  1. (transitive) To treat or react with bromine or hydrobromic acid, to introduce bromine into a compound.

Forms of brominate

third-person singular presentbrominates
present participlebrominating
past participlebrominated
pastbrominated

Origin of brominate

From bromine + -ate.

Words formed from brominate

Questions about brominate

What does brominate mean?
Brominate means to treat or react with bromine or hydrobromic acid, to introduce bromine into a compound.
What part of speech is brominate?
Brominate is a verb.
What is the past tense of brominate?
The past tense of brominate is brominated.

Words near brominate in the dictionary

  1. Bromilow
  2. Bromilows
  3. bromin
  4. brominase
  5. brominases
  6. brominate
  7. brominated
  8. brominates
  9. brominating
  10. bromination
  11. brominations

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