Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To remove hydrogen from.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as dehydrogenize.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb (Chem.) To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb chemistry to remove hydrogen from a substance

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb remove hydrogen from

Etymologies

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de- +‎ hydrogenate

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Examples

  • But there is an interesting test out there, measuring what's called alcohol dehydrogenate, which is an enzyme in your blood that actually breaks down alcohol.

    CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2006 2006

  • This will be integrated into SIBUR's new complex to dehydrogenate propane and manufacture polypropylene in Tobolsk.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2009

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