Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To change or cause to change to an ester.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To form an ester from.
Wiktionary
- v. chemistry (of an acid) to combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester
WordNet 3.0
- v. change (a compound) into an ester
Etymologies
- ester + -ify (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The main antioxidants, astaxanthin and a novel flavonoid, similar to the 6,8-Di-C-glucosylluteolin, esterify the EPA and DHA respectively.”
Krill oil and inflammation | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘esterify’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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TECH - food processing
fillet, cereal, riser, puree, mixer, absorbent material, active agent, additive, animal fat, animal product, antibacterial, antifungal and 81 more...
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