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Webster 1913 Edition


Oxygenate

Ox′y-gen-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Oxygenated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Oxygenating
.]
[Cf. F.
oxygéner
.]
(Chem.)
To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize;
as,
oxygenated
water (hydrogen dioxide)
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oxygenate

OX'YGENATE

,
Verb.
T.
To unite or cause to combine with oxygen, without the evolution of heat or light; to acidify by oxygen.

Definition 2024


oxygenate

oxygenate

English

Verb

oxygenate (third-person singular simple present oxygenates, present participle oxygenating, simple past and past participle oxygenated)

  1. (transitive) To treat or infuse with oxygen
    After we oxygenated the river, the fish returned.

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