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OXYGENIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

Example:

oxygenate blood

Synonyms:

aerate; oxygenate; oxygenise; oxygenize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dehydrogenate with oxygen

Synonyms:

oxygenise; oxygenize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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:

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)

Synonyms:

oxygenise; oxygenize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "oxygenize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

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