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Verb: hydrogenate  'hI-dru-ju`neyt
  1. Combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
    "As the animal recovered from the effects of the detergent the ability to hydrogenate both substrates was almost completely recovered"
    - hydrogenize, hydrogenise [Brit]

Derived forms: hydrogenated, hydrogenating, hydrogenates

See also: hydrogen, hydrogenation

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: dehydrogenate

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