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ETHERIFY (etherified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does etherify mean?
• ETHERIFY (verb)
The verb ETHERIFY has 1 sense:
1. change into an ether
Familiarity information: ETHERIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it etherifies Past simple: etherified
Past participle: etherified
-ing form: etherifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change into an ether
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
etherify an alcohol
Hypernyms (to "etherify" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
ether (a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic)
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