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ETHERIFY (etherified)

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Irregular inflected form: etherified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does etherify mean? 

ETHERIFY (verb)
  The verb ETHERIFY has 1 sense:

1. change into an etherplay

  Familiarity information: ETHERIFY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ETHERIFY (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they etherify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it etherifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: etherified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: etherified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: etherifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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