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Definition: BENZILE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Benzile" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Benzile \Ben"zile\, noun. [From Benzoin.]. (references)

Definition: BENZILE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BENZILE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Benzile \Ben"zile\, noun. [From Benzoin.]. (references)