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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

carboxylate

· car·box·yl·ate · IPA /kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/
01 v. t. to treat a chemical compound with carboxyl or carboxylic acid.
  1. 1.
    to treat a chemical compound with carboxyl or carboxylic acid.