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oxygenize


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oxygenize  \Ox"y*gen*ize\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Oxygenized};  p 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Oxygenizing}.]  (Chem.) 
  To  oxidize. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oxygenize 
  v  1:  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)  [syn:  {oxigenise}] 
  2:  dehydrogenate  with  oxygen  [syn:  {oxigenise}] 
  3:  impregnate,  combine,  or  supply  with  oxygen;  "oxygenate 
  blood"  [syn:  {oxygenate}] 




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