Derivatize

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

  derivatize \derivatize\ v. t. (Chem.)
     to alter the chemical composition [of a compound] by a
     chemical reaction which changes some part of the molecule,
     leaving most of the molecule unchanged; to prepare a
     derivative[6] from.
  


     Syn: modify.
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