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Verb: hydrogenise  hI'dró-ju,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: hydrogenize)
  1. Combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
    "It is found also that this reaction will in some cases hydrogenise the compound";
    - hydrogenate, hydrogenize

Derived forms: hydrogenised, hydrogenises, hydrogenising

Type of: alter, change, modify

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