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oxidise

oxidise is the alternative spelling of oxidize.

Meaning of oxidize

Verb

oxidize (third-person singular simple present oxidizes, present participle oxidizing, simple past and past participle oxidized)

  1. (transitive) To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
    • Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of...2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist
  2. To increase the valence (or the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.
  3. To coat something with an oxide.
  4. (intransitive) To become oxidized.

Forms of oxidise

third-person singular presentoxidises
present participleoxidising
past participleoxidised
pastoxidised

Words formed from oxidise

Questions about oxidise

What is oxidise the alternative spelling of?
Oxidise is the alternative spelling of oxidize.

Words near oxidise in the dictionary

  1. oxidic
  2. oxidimetric
  3. oxidimetry
  4. oxidisable
  5. oxidisation
  6. oxidise
  7. oxidised
  8. oxidisement
  9. oxidiser
  10. oxidisers
  11. oxidises

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