Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Methylate
Meth′yl·ate (mĕth′ĭl·āt), n. [Methyl + alcoholate.] (Chem.) An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa.
Meth′yl·ate (·āt), v. t. To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.