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Definition of oxygenate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

oxygenate

verb
 
/ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt/
 
/ˈɑːksɪdʒəneɪt/
(specialist)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they oxygenate
 
/ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt/
 
/ˈɑːksɪdʒəneɪt/
he / she / it oxygenates
 
/ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪts/
 
/ˈɑːksɪdʒəneɪts/
past simple oxygenated
 
/ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪtɪd/
 
/ˈɑːksɪdʒəneɪtɪd/
past participle oxygenated
 
/ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪtɪd/
 
/ˈɑːksɪdʒəneɪtɪd/
-ing form oxygenating
 
/ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈɑːksɪdʒəneɪtɪŋ/
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  1. oxygenate something to supply something with oxygen
    • oxygenated blood
    • oxygenating plants (= that supply oxygen to water in a pond, etc.)
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French oxygéner ‘supply with oxygen’ + -ate.
See oxygenate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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