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HY'DRATE, n. [Gr. water.] In chimistry, a compound, indefinite proportions, of a metallic oxyd with water.

A hydrate is a substance which has formed so intimate a union with water as to solidify it, and render it a component part.

Slaked lime is a hydrate of lime.

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