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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To combine with hydrogen; form a hydrogenous compound of. Also spelled hydrogenise.

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

  • transitive verb (Chem.) To combine with hydrogen; to treat with, or subject to the action of, hydrogen; to reduce; -- contrasted with oxidize.

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

  • verb transitive, chemistry, dated to hydrogenate

Etymologies

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hydrogen +‎ -ize

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