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Definition of Oxidate
1. Verb. Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide. "This metal oxidizes easily"
Generic synonyms: Change
Related verbs: Oxidise, Oxidize
Specialized synonyms: Rust
Derivative terms: Oxidation, Oxidative, Oxidisation, Oxidization
2. Verb. Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen.
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change, Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Catabolise, Catabolize, Breathe
Related verbs: Oxidise, Oxidize, Rust
Derivative terms: Oxidation, Oxidative, Oxidant, Oxide, Oxidisation, Oxidiser, Oxidant, Oxide, Oxidization, Oxidizer
Antonyms: Deoxidise, Deoxidize
Definition of Oxidate
1. v. t. To oxidize.
Definition of Oxidate
1. Verb. (dated)(chemistry) to oxidize ¹
2. Noun. (dated)(chemistry) an oxide ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxidate
1. to oxidize [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] - See also: oxidize
Medical Definition of Oxidate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidate
Literary usage of Oxidate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts by John White Webster, John Ware, Daniel Treadwell (1826)
"the action of the gun-powder than by that of the igniting substance), the inside
of the cylinder should be lined with a metal which will neither oxidate nor ..."
2. The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art (1842)
"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 ..."
3. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1801)
"It has long been known that certain metallic bodies, which oxidate ... however,
has advanced that fingle galvanic circles do not oxidate in water, ..."
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