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ethylate

ethylate verb: to react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound.

Verb

ethylate (third-person singular simple present ethylates, present participle ethylating, simple past and past participle ethylated)

  1. (transitive) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound

Forms of ethylate

third-person singular presentethylates
present participleethylating
past participleethylated
pastethylated

Origin of ethylate

From ethyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about ethylate

What does ethylate mean?
Ethylate means to react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound.
What part of speech is ethylate?
Ethylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of ethylate?
The past tense of ethylate is ethylated.

Words near ethylate in the dictionary

  1. ethylammoniums
  2. ethylamphetamine
  3. ethylaniline
  4. ethylarene
  5. ethylarenes
  6. ethylate
  7. ethylated
  8. ethylates
  9. ethylating
  10. ethylation
  11. ethylations

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