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osmicate

osmicate verb: to stain or impregnate with osmic acid.

Verb

osmicate (third-person singular simple present osmicates, present participle osmicating, simple past and past participle osmicated)

  1. (transitive) To stain or impregnate with osmic acid.

Forms of osmicate

third-person singular presentosmicates
present participleosmicating
past participleosmicated
pastosmicated

Origin of osmicate

From osmic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from osmicate

Questions about osmicate

What does osmicate mean?
Osmicate means to stain or impregnate with osmic acid.
What part of speech is osmicate?
Osmicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of osmicate?
The past tense of osmicate is osmicated.

Words near osmicate in the dictionary

  1. osmian
  2. osmiate
  3. osmiates
  4. osmic
  5. osmic acid
  6. osmicate
  7. osmicated
  8. osmicates
  9. osmicating
  10. osmication
  11. osmications

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