Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To combine with hydrogen; form a hydrogenous compound of. Also spelled
hydrogenise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Chem.) To combine with hydrogen; to treat with, or subject to the action of, hydrogen; to reduce; -- contrasted with
oxidize .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, chemistry, dated to
hydrogenate
Etymologies
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hydrogen + -ize
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