oxygenizement en · NOUN
Etymology
From oxygenize + -ment.
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) oxidation
The violent effervescence probably arises from a disengagement of nitric oxide, and it would appear that the rapid oxygenizement did not harden the oily substances so much as a slower change
1829, Andre Duncan, Supplement to the Edinburgh New Dispensatory:The oxygenizement of metals by water is promoted by the action of air.
1805, William Lewis, The Edinburgh New Dispensatory: