Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To convert into an oxid, as metals, etc., by combination with oxygen. Also
oxygenate . - To become oxidized; become an oxid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Chem.), obsolete To oxidize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb dated (
chemistry ) tooxidize - noun dated (
chemistry ) anoxide
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
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Examples
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Where I come from we have a saying that a decanter is only as good as the pour (meaning to allow a good splash so the wine can oxidate while pouring).
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The hardest rock is worn into impalpable mud, the ordinary metals oxidate, and both are removed; but gold, platina, and a few others are nearly indestructible, and from their weight, sinking to the bottom, are left behind.
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The hardest rock is worn into impalpable mud, the ordinary metals oxidate, and both are removed; but gold, platina, and a few others are nearly indestructible, and from their weight, sinking to the bottom, are left behind.
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The parts, however, where the letters of the inscription had existed, oxidate at a different rate from the surrounding parts, so that these letters exhibit their shape, and become legible in consequence of the film of oxide which covers them having a different thickness, and therefore reflecting a different tint from that of the adjacent parts.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832 Various
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If we use an uniform and homogeneous disc of silver that has never been hammered or compressed, its surface will oxidate equally, provided all its parts are equally heated.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832 Various
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The hardest rock is worn into impalpable mud, the ordinary metals oxidate, and both are removed; but gold, platina, and a few others are nearly indestructible, and from their weight, sinking to the bottom, are left behind.
Chapter XII 1909
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It has become a brown infusible substance, which does not shine in the dark nor oxidate in the air.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The hardest rock is worn into impalpable mud, the ordinary metals oxidate, and both are removed; but gold, platina, and a few others are nearly indestructible, and from their weight, sinking to the bottom, are left behind.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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When a piece of zinc and silver are connected together, and the zinc is put in a situation to decompose water, and oxidate, a current of hydrogen gas will separate from the silver wire, provided this be immersed under water; but when it is not, a current of electricity passes, which is sensible to the electrometer.
Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease Thomas Garnett 1784
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It is not absolutely necessary to use two metals to produce the galvanic phenomena; for if one side of a metal be made to oxidate, while the other is prevented from oxidation, these appearances will still be produced.
Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease Thomas Garnett 1784
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