hydrogenize

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verb

to hydrogenate

Scrabble 28

Meanings

verbhydrogenize (third-person singular simple present hydrogenizes, present participle hydrogenizing, simple past and past participle hydrogenized)

present singular third person hydrogenizes · participle present hydrogenizing · participle past hydrogenized · past hydrogenized · alternative hydrogenise

  1. datedtransitivechemistryto hydrogenate

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  5. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  6. Frenchhydro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  9. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  10. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  11. Frenchhydrogène
  12. Englishhydrogen
  13. Englishhydrogenize

From hydrogen + -ize.

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APA

hydrogenize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogenize

MLA

“hydrogenize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogenize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrogenize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogenize.

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