verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbromiˌnated or ˈbromiˌnating
Chemistry
to treat or combine with bromine
Derived forms
bromination (ˌbromiˈnation)
noun
brominate in American English
(ˈbrouməˌneit)
transitive verbWord forms: -ated, -ating
Chemistry
to treat or combine with bromine; bromate
Derived forms
bromination
noun
Word origin
[1870–75; bromine + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, asymmetric, immobilize, upgrade, washout-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)