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esterify

[e-ster-uh-fahy]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -fied, -fy·ing. Chemistry.

to convert into an ester.

Origin:
1900–05; ester + -ify

Related forms

es·ter·i·fi·a·ble, adjective

es·ter·i·fi·ca·tion, noun

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to produce or obtain one substance from another

rapid oxidation accompanied by heat and light, or a chemical combination attended by production of heat and light

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esterify (ɛˈstɛrəˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
	chem to change or cause to change into an ester

esterifi'cation

—n

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