OXIDIZE
\ˈɒksɪdˌa͡ɪz], \ˈɒksɪdˌaɪz], \ˈɒ_k_s_ɪ_d_ˌaɪ_z]\
Definitions of OXIDIZE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"
By Princeton University
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enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.
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To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.
By Oddity Software
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To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.
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To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Oxydize.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.