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IONATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Add ions to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "ionate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
de-ionate (remove ions from)
Derivation:
ion (a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons)
