To convert a substance into an ether or to combine with ether through a chemical process.
From 'ether' plus the suffix '-ify' (to make or cause to become). The term emerged in 19th-century organic chemistry as researchers developed synthesis techniques.
Etherifying reactions were so important that they helped launch modern chemistry—the synthesis of ethers became one of the foundational techniques that chemists still teach in labs today.
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