carboxylate

English Thesaurus

1. treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid (verb.change)

hypernym	:	process, treat,
definition	:	subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition (verb.change)

domain category	:	chemical science, chemistry,
definition	:	the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition)