deoxidise

1 definition found

deoxidise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deoxidise
      v 1: 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 [syn: deoxidize, deoxidise,
           reduce] [ant: oxidate, oxidise, oxidize]