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Definition of Etherify
1. Verb. Change into an ether. "Etherify an alcohol"
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Ether
Definition of Etherify
1. Verb. (organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Etherify
1. to convert into ether [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etherify
Literary usage of Etherify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... vt esterify; etherify. (See ether.) — vr be esterified, esterify; be etherified.
... vt etherify; esterify; ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"... also etherify it more or less completely, the sulphate being in some cases
converted into a basic salt. The alums, namely common alum, ammonia-alum, ..."
3. An Ephemeris of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Therapeutics and Collateral by Edawrd P. Squibbs (1885)
"The present apparatus is of such a capacity as to etherify about one barrel of
clean spirit ... The one charge of acid will generally etherify, without much ..."
4. An Ephemeris of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Therapeutics and Collateral by Edawrd P. Squibbs (1885)
"The present apparatus is of such a capacity as to etherify about one barrel of
clean spirit ... The one charge of acid will generally etherify, without much ..."
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