a. Capable of being oxidized. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons. The process always occurs accompanied by reduction.
v. t.
☞ In certain cases to oxidize is identical with to acidify; for, in nearly all cases, the more oxygen a substance contains the more nearly does it approximate to acid qualities; thus, by oxidation many elements, as sulphur, nitrogen, carbon, chromium, manganese, etc., pass into compounds which are acid anhydrides, and thus practically in the acid state. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen;
n. Oxidation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen;