Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize
Definition: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
Usage: oxygenate blood
Definition: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
Usage: process cheese; process hair; treat the water so it can be drunk; treat the lawn with chemicals; treat an oil spill
Synonyms: oxygenise, oxygenize
Definition: dehydrogenate with oxygen
Similar words: dehydrogenate
Definition: remove hydrogen from
Synonyms: oxygenise, oxygenize
Definition: change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue