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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Ethylate

/(ĕth"ĭl*ā̇t)/ · Eth·yl·ate · IPA
01 n. A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, …
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    A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.(Chem.)
02 v. t. To treat in such a way as to cause the introduction of one or more ethyl groups, C2H5-; as, to ethylate alcohol.
imp. & p. p. Ethylated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ethylating
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    To treat in such a way as to cause the introduction of one or more ethyl groups, C2H5-; as, to ethylate alcohol.(Chem.)