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    ETHERIFY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

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

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    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 etherplay

    Example:

    etherify an alcohol

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    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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