to reoxidize
- verb
- /riːˈɒksɪdaɪz/
- Specialized
- The chemist decided to reoxidize the compound to restore its original properties.
Examples
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Equations 11 and 12 represent the steps required to reoxidize the vanadium back to the active +5 valence state.
Academic text (1996) -
Part of the CO2 fixed into carbohydrate is reoxidized back to CO2 via photorespiration, a process suppressed by CO2 itself.
Academic text (1994) -
After absorption, dietary TMAO is reduced and reoxidized again, and impaired N-oxidation can be inherited as a recessive trait.
Academic text (1991) -
In the experiment, scientists aimed to reoxidize the metal to improve its conductivity.
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After the initial reaction, the team found a way to reoxidize the substrate for further testing.
Synonyms
To add oxygen to something like water, blood, or wine
To join with oxygen, often causing metal to rust or fruit to brown
To combine with oxygen, for example when metal forms rust
To add oxygen to something like water or blood to help living things
Surface Forms
Morphology
reoxidize = oxidize (transparent) = re + oxid + ize
The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the verb 'oxidize'.
Etymology
Reoxidize starts with re- meaning 'again' and the rest comes from oxidize, which comes from oxygen, the element that makes metal rust or helps things burn. So to reoxidize is to 'combine with oxygen again' or to be oxidized for a second time.