oxidize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: oxidize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for oxidize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oxidize v enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily" Synonym(s): oxidise, oxidize, oxidate add oxygen to or combine with oxygen Synonym(s): oxidize, oxidise, oxidate Antonym(s): deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oxidize \Ox"idize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oxidized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oxidizing}.] (Chem.) To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically: (a) To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize* nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid. (b) To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde. (c) 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. Note: In certain cases to oxidize is identical with to acidify; for, in nearly all cases, the more oxygen a substance contains the more nearly does it approximate to acid qualities; thus, by oxidation many elements, as sulphur, nitrogen, carbon, chromium, manganese, etc., pass into compounds which are acid anhydrides, and thus practically in the acid state.