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olates

olates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of olate.

Meaning of olate

Verb

olate (third-person singular simple present olates, present participle olating, simple past and past participle olated)

  1. (intransitive) To form an ol group or compound.
    • The hydroxo groups then “olated,” resulting in the formation of large aggregates, eventually reaching colloidal size.1931, Arthur W[aldorf] Thomas, Thomas H[illyer] Whitehead, “Ion Interchanges in Aluminum Oxychloride Hydrosols”, in Wilder D[wight] Bancroft, editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume XXXIV...

Questions about olates

What is olates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Olates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of olate.

Words near olates in the dictionary

  1. olaratumab
  2. Olari
  3. olas
  4. olate
  5. olated
  6. olates
  7. Olathe
  8. olating
  9. olation
  10. olations
  11. Olavarría

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