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nitrogenate

nitrogenate verb: to treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen.

Verb

nitrogenate (third-person singular simple present nitrogenates, present participle nitrogenating, simple past and past participle nitrogenated)

  1. (transitive) To treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen.
  2. (transitive) To react something with nitrogen.

Forms of nitrogenate

third-person singular presentnitrogenates
present participlenitrogenating
past participlenitrogenated
pastnitrogenated

Origin of nitrogenate

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

Words formed from nitrogenate

Questions about nitrogenate

What does nitrogenate mean?
Nitrogenate means to treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen.
What part of speech is nitrogenate?
Nitrogenate is a verb.
What is the past tense of nitrogenate?
The past tense of nitrogenate is nitrogenated.

Words near nitrogenate in the dictionary

  1. nitrogen-14
  2. nitrogen-15
  3. nitrogen-fixing
  4. nitrogenase
  5. nitrogenases
  6. nitrogenate
  7. nitrogenated
  8. nitrogenates
  9. nitrogenating
  10. nitrogenation
  11. nitrogenations

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