Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen;
add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hydrogenate \Hy"dro*gen*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Hydrogenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hydrogenating.] (Chem.)
To hydrogenize.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hydrogenate
v 1: combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen
to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound) [ant:
dehydrogenate]