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hydrogenize

American  
[hahy-druh-juh-nahyz, hahy-droj-uh-] / ˈhaɪ drə dʒəˌnaɪz, haɪˈdrɒdʒ ə- /
especially British, hydrogenise

verb (used with object)

hydrogenized, hydrogenizing
  1. hydrogenate.


hydrogenize British  
/ ˈhaɪdrədʒɪˌnaɪz, haɪˈdrɒdʒɪˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. variants of hydrogenate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of hydrogenize

hydrogen + -ize

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Base of all bubble gums is a synthetic rubber product combined with hydrogenized vegetable oils and synthetic resins.

From Time Magazine Archive

If, however, such bodies are hydrogenized or methylated they lose their fluorescing property, do not give the green color, and their secondary effects are removed.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various

We obtain thus a hydrogenizing surface of 1,800 square meters, or 12 square meters per hectoliter of impure spirits of 50° to 60° Gay-Lussac.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

Ladenburg succeeded in so hydrogenizing pyridine by acting upon an alcoholic solution with sodium, and from the base which was formed he obtained a platinochloride which agreed with the similar double salt of piperidine.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various

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