verb transitiveWord forms: ˈiodiˌnated or ˈiodiˌnating
to treat or cause to combine with iodine
Derived forms
iodination (ˌiodiˈnation)
noun
iodinate in American English
(ˈaiədnˌeit)
transitive verbWord forms: -ated, -ating
Chemistry
to iodize
Derived forms
iodination
noun
Word origin
[iodine + -ate1]-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)