deoxidize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
    reduce; deoxidise.

WordNet


De*ox"i*dize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.

Webster 1913