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Definition of Denatured
1. Adjective. Changed in nature or natural quality. "Denatured alcohol"
Definition of Denatured
1. Adjective. Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed. ¹
2. Adjective. Of alcohol made undrinkable, by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol). ¹
3. Verb. (past of denature) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Denatured
1. denature [v] - See also: denature
Medical Definition of Denatured
1. 1. Made unnatural or changed from the normal in any of its characteristics; often applied to proteins or nucleic acids heated or otherwise treated to the point where tertiary structural characteristics are altered. 2. Adulterated, as by addition of methanol to ethanol. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denatured
Literary usage of Denatured
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"Preparing denatured alcohol. Industrial alcohol is derived from a number of sources
... Under the Revenue Law, alcohol of this character may be denatured in ..."
2. The Horseless Age (1909)
"To determine the relative economy and efficiency of gasoline it was compared with
denatured alcohol. When the series of tests was started, it was found that ..."
3. My Quarter Century of American Politics by Champ Clark (1920)
"For the benefit of the uninitiated it should be stated that "denatured" alcohol is
... How the queer name of "denatured" alcohol was applied I do not know. ..."
4. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Poisoning by denatured alcohol (containing i per cent, of wood alcohol) has become
quite common in Russia since the prohibition of grain alcohol. ..."
5. Surety Bonds: Nature, Functions, Underwriting Requirements by Edward Clark Lunt (1922)
"Plants for denatured Alcohol Ethyl alcohol to which something has been added that
makes it unfit for internal administration is known as "denatured alcohol. ..."
6. Food and Flavor: A Gastronomic Guide to Health and Good Living by Henry Theophilus Finck (1913)
"denatured is the word used for alcohol that has been made unfit to drink by the
addition of chemi- ..."
7. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"Interest of the federal government In denatured alcohol. ... Uses and benefits
of denatured alcohol. JP McGovern. 11. Harp. W. 52: 7-9. O. 3. '08. ..."
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