oxygenaten.
/ˈɒksᵻdʒᵻneɪt/, /ɒkˈsɪdʒəneɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑksədʒəˌneɪt/ An oxygen-containing compound; spec. such a compound (as methanol, ethanol, etc.) used as a fuel or blended with conventional fuel to improve combustion, thus reducing emissions of carbon monoxide, etc.
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1958 Analyt. Chem. 30 1354/3 Trimethylsilyl ethers could be determined in the presence of these added hydrocarbons and oxygenates.
1981 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 June 77 There is little question that oxygenates will be used as fuels and fuel components. The fundamental question is how they will be used and to what extent.
1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 15 Jan. d8/3 Two oxygenates are currently available: methanol, an alcohol made from natural gas, and its ether derivative, MTBE; and ethanol, an alcohol most commonly made from corn, and its ether derivative, ETBE.
1994 Guardian 18 Nov. i. 10/7 Oxygenates are mandatory in certain parts of the USA with notable achievements in the reduction of air pollution from cars.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† oxygenateadj.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
= oxygenated adj.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to oxidation > of or relating to oxygenation
oxygenated1788
oxygenating1794
oxygenate1797
oxygenized1802
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 351 Moistened with muriatic oxigenate acid.
1823 Lancet 9 Nov. 200/1 The writer gives a formula for preparing the liquor ferri oxygenate (solution of oxygenated iron).
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oxygenatev.
/ˈɒksᵻdʒᵻneɪt/, /ɒkˈsɪdʒəneɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑksədʒəˌneɪt/ 1. transitive. To supply, treat, or mix (a substance) with oxygen; to cause oxygen to combine with (a substance); to charge or enrich (esp. the blood) with oxygen. Formerly also: †to oxidize (a substance) (obsolete).
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [verb (transitive)] > treatment with specific agents
alcoholize1677
oxygenate1789
oxygenize1802
hormonize1947
trypsinize1959
mutagenize1966
1789 R. Kerr tr. A. Lavoisier Elements Chem. i. v. 62 We shall distinguish this conversion of phosphorus into an acid, by its union with oxygen..by the term oxygenation: from which I shall adopt the verb to oxygenate, and, of consequence shall say, that in oxygenating phosphorus we convert it into an acid.
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 53 Whether we oxygenate the blood by the lungs or the stomach.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. x. 455 To oxygenate a substance, or make it combine with vital air.
1809 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 99 83 I..exposed the mixture to a small quantity of ether, hoping that this might contain only water enough to oxygenate the potassium.
1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 58 To draw fresh currents of water to oxygenate the blood.
1977 E. Trevor Theta Syndrome xiii. 174 They were still having a problem oxygenating his bloodstream.
1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 29 Dec. 16/4 MTBE is used as an additive in the cleaner-burning fuel because it is the most economical way of oxygenating gasoline.
2. intransitive. To become oxygenated; to absorb or combine with oxygen.
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1957 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 79 2454 The complex ion [CoTetrenOH] has been shown to oxygenate reversibly with only a slight amount of oxidation.
1975 Nature 16 Oct. 537/2 Carlisle..has shown that intact tunicate blood cells act as oxygen storage and transport cells although the blood haemolysate does not oxygenate reversibly.
1986 New Scientist 14 Aug. 37/2 When the customer opens the pack..the meat oxygenates and ‘blooms’ red.
Derivatives
ˈoxygenating adj. and n.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > oxidation > specific oxygenation
oxidation1789
oxygenation1789
oxygenating1794
oxidizement1802
oxygenizement1802
oxidization1817
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to oxidation > of or relating to oxygenation
oxygenated1788
oxygenating1794
oxygenate1797
oxygenized1802
1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 149 To explain all appearances in those burning and oxigenating bodies.
1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 385 Vegetables secrete and emit that very oxigenating substance, when growing in the sun.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Aug. 1/3 A much needed oxygenating of the life-blood of the nation.
1990 Plants & Gardens Autumn 45 It may be worth adding one of the natural oxygenating species to maintain good water health.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1958
adj.1797
v.1789