Etherification

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Etherification \E*ther`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. (Chem.)
     The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process
     by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into
     ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl
     sulphuric, acid.
     [1913 Webster]