Esterify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
  2. 2
    change (a compound) into an ester wordnet

Etymology

From ester + -ify.

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