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Hydrogenate

//haɪˈdɹɑd͡ʒəneɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat. transitive
  2. 2
    combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound) wordnet

Etymology

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

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