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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydrogenate

Hy′dro-gen-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hydrogenated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hydrogenating
.]
(Chem.)
To hydrogenize.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hydrogenate

HY'DROGENATE

,
Verb.
T.
To combine hydrogen with any thing.

Definition 2024


hydrogenate

hydrogenate

English

Verb

hydrogenate (third-person singular simple present hydrogenates, present participle hydrogenating, simple past and past participle hydrogenated)

  1. (chemistry, transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat

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