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Definition of Oxygenize
1. Verb. Change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule).
2. Verb. Dehydrogenate with oxygen.
3. Verb. Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen. "Oxygenate blood"
Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Aeration, Oxygen, Oxygenation, Oxygen
Definition of Oxygenize
1. v. t. To oxidize.
Definition of Oxygenize
1. Verb. To oxidize. ¹
2. Verb. To oxygenate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxygenize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Medical Definition of Oxygenize
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxygenize
Literary usage of Oxygenize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1846)
"Davy's experiments, that the red end of the spectrum, which is the calorific end,
tends to oxygenize matter. But the only examples he has adduced of such ..."
2. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1846)
"But that heat tends to oxygenize matter, if oxygen be present, is well known:
and this seems all that Dr. Henry meant in the passage alluded to, ..."
3. Diseases of the Digestiev Organs by Owen Abraham Palmer (1907)
"The majority of athletes of this country have died of consumption because their
lung capacity was not able to oxygenize the materials need- " ed for so ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"oxygenize (rare); see RUST, BURN. pace, '-. /'. 1. See GO. 2. amble, rack, single
or single-foot (US). ..."
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