oxygenate

[ ok-si-juh-neyt ]

/ ˈɒk sɪ dʒəˌneɪt /

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verb (used with object), ox·y·gen·at·ed, ox·y·gen·at·ing.

to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.

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Origin of oxygenate

First recorded in 1780–90; oxygen + -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM oxygenate

ox·y·gen·a·tion, nounox·y·gen·a·tor, nounan·ti·ox·y·gen·at·ing, adjectivean·ti·ox·y·gen·a·tion, noun

an·ti·ox·y·gen·a·tor, nounhy·per·ox·y·gen·ate, verb (used with object), hy·per·ox·y·gen·at·ed, hy·per·ox·y·gen·at·ing.hy·per·ox·y·gen·a·tion, nounnon·ox·y·gen·at·ed, adjectivesu·per·ox·y·gen·ate, verb (used with object), su·per·ox·y·gen·at·ed, su·per·ox·y·gen·at·ing.su·per·ox·y·gen·a·tion, nounun·ox·y·gen·at·ed, adjective

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How to use oxygenate in a sentence

My hypnotic trip is the highly oxygenated state of aerobic exercise.
Justin Cronin: How I Write|Noah Charney|October 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
What the fMRI machine detects is the shifting proportions of oxygenated blood in any given region of the brain.
Illustrating the Brain|Casey Schwartz|December 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Where were the sidewalk arguments; where was the caffeinated anxiety; the oxygenated rowdiness?
The Capital Goes Nuts|Simon Schama|November 6, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Immersion in oxygenated muriatic acid, revests the fatigued parts, in being acted on by the stimulus.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts

I trust that if we can ensure an atmosphere hyper-oxygenated to a certain point, we may be able to retain our senses.
The Poison Belt|Arthur Conan Doyle
By calcination with nitre, it becomes oxygenated, and forms titanate of potassa.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Therefore the blood is not duly oxygenated, and the whole system goes wrong.
Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays|Charles Kingsley
A due supply of properly oxygenated blood is another condition upon which the healthy action of the brain depends.
Popular Education|Ira Mayhew

British Dictionary definitions for oxygenate

oxygenate

oxygenize or oxygenise

/ (ˈɒksɪdʒɪˌneɪt) /

verb

to enrich or be enriched with oxygento oxygenate blood

Derived forms of oxygenate

oxygenation, nounoxygenizer or oxygeniser, noun

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