Usually means: Convert an acid into ester.
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  1. esterify: Merriam-Webster
  2. esterify: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. esterify: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. esterify: Collins English Dictionary
  5. esterify: Vocabulary.com
  6. esterify: Wordnik
  7. esterify: Wiktionary
  8. esterify: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. esterify: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. esterify: Dictionary.com
  11. esterify: Rhymezone
  12. esterify: FreeDictionary.org
  13. esterify: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. esterify: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. esterify: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. esterify: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. esterify: Medical dictionary

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▸ verb:  (chemistry, of an acid) To combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.

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etherify, thioesterify, reesterify, methylesterify, deesterify, monoesterify, interesterify, acetylate, acetalize, ethylate, more...

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etherify, thioesterify, reesterify, methylesterify, deesterify, monoesterify, interesterify, acetylate, acetalize, ethylate, more...



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