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ethylate

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English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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ethylate (third-person singular simple present ethylates, present participle ethylating, simple past and past participle ethylated)

  1. (transitive, organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound