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oxygenizement en · NOUN

Etymology

From oxygenize + -ment.

Meanings

  1. (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: