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OXYGENIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oxygenize mean?
• OXYGENIZE (verb)
The verb OXYGENIZE has 3 senses:
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)
3. impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
Familiarity information: OXYGENIZE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: oxygenized
Past participle: oxygenized
-ing form: oxygenizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
oxygenise; oxygenize
Hypernyms (to "oxygenize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Dehydrogenate with oxygen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
oxygenise; oxygenize
Hypernyms (to "oxygenize" is one way to...):
dehydrogenate (remove hydrogen from)
Sentence frames:
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Derivation:
oxygen (a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
aerate; oxygenate; oxygenise; oxygenize
Context example:
oxygenate blood
Hypernyms (to "oxygenize" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
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Derivation:
oxygen (a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust)
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