OXIDIZE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically:

2.
v.

To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.

3.
v.

To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde.

4.
v.

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.

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