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Webster 1913 Edition
Methylate
Meth′yl-ate
,Noun.
[
Methyl
+ alcoholate
.] (Chem.)
An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate;
as, sodium
. methylate
, CH3ONa
Meth′yl-ate
,Verb.
T.
To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.