protoxidize

English

Etymology

From protoxide +‎ -ize.

Verb

protoxidize (third-person singular simple present protoxidizes, present participle protoxidizing, simple past and past participle protoxidized)

1. (chemistry, transitive) To combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.

References

• “protoxidize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.