car|box|yl|ate «noun. kahr BOK suh layt, -liht; verb. kahr- BOK suh layt», noun, verb, -at|ed, -at|ing.
–n.
a salt or ester of carboxylic acid.
–v.t.
to introduce a carboxyl into (a compound).
–car|box´yl|a´tion, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.