oxydize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Spelling influenced by the 'y' of oxygen.

Verb[edit]

oxydize (third-person singular simple present oxydizes, present participle oxydizing, simple past and past participle oxydized)

  1. Obsolete spelling of oxidize
    • 1966, Sir Ralph Turner, A comparative dictionary of Indo-Aryan languages[1], Oxford University Press, archived from the original on 2021-05-19, page 287:
      5208 jāraṇa- n. 'causing decay, condiment, oxydizing' W. [√JR̥̄]
      Or. jāraṇa 'digesting, oxydizing'; G. jāraṇ m. 'incantations to produce disease or death'