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Chlorinate
Chlo′rin-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chlorinated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chlorinating
.] (Chem.)
To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.
Definition 2024
chlorinate
chlorinate
English
Verb
chlorinate (third-person singular simple present chlorinates, present participle chlorinating, simple past and past participle chlorinated)
- (transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).
Translations
to add chlorine to
Derived terms
Derived terms