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Definition of Oxidise

1. Verb. Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen.

2. Verb. Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide. "This metal oxidizes easily"

Definition of Oxidise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of oxidize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oxidise

1. to oxidize [v -DISED, -DISING, -DISES] - See also: oxidize

Medical Definition of Oxidise

1. To combine or cause an element or radical to combine with oxygen or to lose electrons. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidise

oxidation state oxidations oxidative oxidative metabolism oxidative phosphorylation oxidative stress oxidatively oxidator oxidators oxide

oxides oxidic oxidimetry oxidisable oxidisation oxidise (current term) oxidised oxidised cellulose oxidised glutathione oxidiser

oxidisers oxidises oxidising oxidizable oxidization oxidize oxidized oxidized LDL cholesterol oxidized rhizosphere oxidizement

Literary usage of Oxidise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... magnesia. per will oxidise and become coloured : then, by a small wooden point, the ramifications may be arranged at will, whilst the ñame of a taper, ..."

2. Collegium (1910)
"... the prolonged heating in the air i» liable to oxidise th« fatty matter» and thus cause the introduction of a further error of 110 mean proportion. ..."

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