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Ethylate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To treat in such a way as to cause the introduction of one or more ethyl groups, C2H5; as, to ethylate alcohol.

(2):

(n.) A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ethylate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/ethylate.html. 1828.