hydrogenate

Etymology

hydrogen + -ate

verb

  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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