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methylate

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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meth=yl=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

methylaten. [Methyl + alcoholate.].
     An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa.  [1913 Webster]
methylatev. t. 
     To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

methylate, v.tr.
1 mix or impregnate with methanol.
2 introduce a methyl group into (a molecule or compound).

Idiom
methylated spirit (or spirits) alcohol impregnated with methanol to make it unfit for drinking and exempt from duty.
Derivative
methylation n.

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