Oxygenate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oxygenate \Ox"y*gen*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oxygenated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Oxygenating}.] [Cf. F. oxyg['e]ner.] (Chem.)
     To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with
     oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oxygenate
       v : impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate
           blood" [syn: {oxygenize}, {oxygenise}, {aerate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "oxygenate":
     aerate, aerify, air, air out, air-condition, air-cool, airify,
     atomize, carbonate, chlorinate, cross-ventilate, distill, emit,
     etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, fan, fluidize, fractionate,
     freshen, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, hydrogenate, oxygenize,
     perfume, reek, refresh, send out, smoke, spray, steam, sublimate,
     sublime, vaporize, ventilate, volatilize, wind, winnow