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oxidate

oxidate verb: to oxidize.

Verb

oxidate (third-person singular simple present oxidates, present participle oxidating, simple past and past participle oxidated)

  1. (dated) To oxidize.

Noun

oxidate (plural oxidates)

  1. (dated) An oxide.

Forms of oxidate

Verb
third-person singular presentoxidates
present participleoxidating
past participleoxidated
pastoxidated
Noun
pluraloxidates

Origin of oxidate

From oxide + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

From oxide + -ate.

Words formed from oxidate

Questions about oxidate

What does oxidate mean?
Oxidate means to oxidize.
What part of speech is oxidate?
Oxidate can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of oxidate?
The past tense of oxidate is oxidated.

Words near oxidate in the dictionary

  1. oxidant
  2. oxidants
  3. oxidase
  4. oxidases
  5. oxidasic
  6. oxidate
  7. oxidated
  8. oxidates
  9. oxidating
  10. oxidation
  11. oxidation number

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