anhydridize

transitive verb

an·​hy·​drid·​ize

anˈhīdrəˌdīz

variants or anhydrize also British anhydrise

-ˌdrīz

-ed/-ing/-s

: to convert into an anhydride

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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