Dictionary entry

Ethylate (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Eth″y‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ethylated; p. pr. & vb. n.Ethylating.] [From Ethyl.] (Chem.) To treat in such a way as to cause the introduction of one or more ethyl groups, C2H5; as, to ethylate alcohol.