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etherify

etherify verb: to convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.

Verb

etherify (third-person singular simple present etherifies, present participle etherifying, simple past and past participle etherified)

  1. To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.

Forms of etherify

third-person singular presentetherifies
present participleetherifying
past participleetherified
pastetherified

Origin of etherify

From ether + -ify.

Questions about etherify

What does etherify mean?
Etherify means to convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
What part of speech is etherify?
Etherify is a verb.
What is the past tense of etherify?
The past tense of etherify is etherified.

Words near etherify in the dictionary

  1. etherification
  2. etherifications
  3. etherified
  4. etherifies
  5. etheriform
  6. etherify
  7. etherifying
  8. etheriid
  9. etheriids
  10. etherin
  11. ethering

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