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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hydrate \Hy"drate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hydrated}; p. pr & vb
n. {Hydrating}.]
To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hydrate \Hy"drate\, n. [Gr. "y`dwr water: cf F. hydrate.]
(Chem.)
a A compound formed by the union of water with some other
substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain
crystallized salts.
b A substance which does not contain water as such but has
its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged
that water may be eliminated; hence a derivative of or
compound with hydroxyl; hydroxide; as ethyl hydrate, or
common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or slaked lime.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hydrate
n : any compound that contains water of crystallization
v : cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture; [ant: {dehydrate}]
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