The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oxygenate \Ox"y*gen*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oxygenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Oxygenating.] [Cf. F. oxyg['e]ner.] (Chem.) To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).
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vb. (present participle of oxygenate English)
Usage examples of "oxygenating".
He repeated this, cleansing his respiratory system and energizing himself by oxygenating his blood.
He looked out at the black sky and willed himself to breathe deeply, oxygenating his body.
We've done computer simulations of them, and with a thicker bone cross section as compared to a human, certain efficiencies in oxygenating tissues, a slower metabolism, and so forth, we think it's possible for them to have weighed as much as a ton.
A whole battery of anesthesiologists bent over their consoles, ready to damp out the least twinge, while two more, just to play it safe, sprayed the Emir's neck with a surface anesthetic and administered a shot of succinylcholine to paralyze the Emir's respiratory muscles for the few moments it would take to begin oxygenating the bloodstream directly through the machines.
Wentzel also insisted on adding year's supply of adrenaline and blood oxygenating units to help us overcome the heat and the lower oxygen content of Bushveld's atmosphere.