† disˈoxidate, v. Chem. Obs.
[dis- 6.]
trans. To reduce from the state of an oxide: = deoxidate. Hence disˈoxidating ppl. a.; also disoxiˈdation = deoxidation.
| 1801 Chenevix in Phil. Trans. XCI. 240 A very small mixture of any disoxidating substance. 1802 Smithson Ibid. XCIII. 26 The disoxidation of the zinc calx. 1817 Coleridge Biog. Lit. etc. 403 A handicraftsman from a laboratory, who had just succeeded in disoxydating an earth. |