Word Meanings - OXYGENIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To oxidize.

OXIDIZER
An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.
OXIDIZEMENT
Oxidation.
OXIDIZE
To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically: To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid. To remove hydrogen from , as
INOXIDIZE
To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes.
PROTOXIDIZE
To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.
DEOXIDIZE
To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.
DEOXIDIZER
That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.
PEROXIDIZE
To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide.