Acetylate

3 definitions found

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

  acetylate \acetylate\ v. i.
     1. (Chem.) receive substitution of an acetyl group; of
        chemical compounds
  
     Syn: acetylize
          [WordNet 1.5]



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

  acetylate \acetylate\ v. t. (Chem.) 1
     introduce an acetyl group into a chemical compound
  
     Syn: acetylize
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acetylate
       v 1: receive substitution of an acetyl group; "the compounds
            acetylated" [syn: {acetylize}, {acetylise}]
       2: introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) [syn: {acetylize},
           {acetylise}]