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- verb Alternative spelling of
oxygenize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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)
- verb dehydrogenate with oxygen
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
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Examples
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We cease to oxygenise our blood vicariously as soon as we are born, but we still derive our sustenance from our mothers.
Life and Habit Samuel Butler 1868
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