acetylate

American  

[uh-set-l-ayt] / əˈsɛt lˌeɪt /

verb (used with object)

acetylated, acetylating

1. to introduce one or more acetyl groups into (a compound).

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verb (used without object)

acetylated, acetylating

1. to become acetylated.

acetylate British  

/ əˈsɛtɪˌleɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)

2. (intr) (of a chemical compound) to gain or suffer substitution of an acetyl group

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Other Word Forms

• acetylation
  noun
• acetylative
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of acetylate

First recorded in 1905–10; acetyl + -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

acetylate acetylated acetylating

In essence what you do there is acetylate the conker.

From BBC ● May 6, 2011

The results were clear: whether MED1 was deacetylated due to stressful conditions or because it simply could not be acetylated, the outcome was the same.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025

The demethylated and the acetylated forms of the DNA are reversed when the silenced gene is expressed.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In June 2015 he and his colleagues showed that their acetylated trehalose could allow frozen rat cells to be revivified, just as they had hoped.

From Economist ● Feb. 4, 2016

The company hopes to license the technology to others, and is working on Tricoya, an acetylated MDF that can be left outdoors untreated, unlike regular MDF.

From BBC ● May 6, 2011

From an ergosterol derivative, which they acetylated, oxidized with chromic acid, hydrolized and distilled, they built up the white crystals of theelin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since tannin on acetylating yields a considerable amount of triacetylgallic acid, it should, according to Dekker, contain at least six acetylisable hydroxyls.

From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser

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