deoxidize, v. Chem.
(diːˈɒksɪdaɪz)
Also 9 deoxyd-.
[f. de- II. 1 + oxidize.]
= deoxidate.
| 1794 [see deoxidizing below]. 1800 Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 50 Its action is..exerted in de-oxidizing bodies. 1810 ― Elem. Chem. (1826) I. 533 The silica, also..is partly de⁓oxidized. 1869 E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 357 Whether disinfectants act by oxidising, or by deoxidising. |
Hence deˈoxidized ppl. a., deˈoxidizing ppl. a. and vbl. n.; also deoxidiˈzation, deˈoxidizement, deˈoxidizer.
| 1794 G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. App. 527 The de⁓oxidizing power of the solar rays. 1805 Lane in Phil. Trans. XCV. 282 The deoxidising property of light. 1847 Craig, Deoxydization, deoxydation. c 1860 Faraday Forces Nat. vi. 200 note, A colourless deoxidised indigo. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. viii. §70 Animals, in some of their minor processes, are probably de-oxidizers. 1877 W. Thomson Voy. Challenger I. iv. 279 Due to some deoxidizing process. |