protoxidize

== English == === Etymology === From protoxide +‎ -ize. === Verb === protoxidize (third-person singular simple present protoxidizes, present participle protoxidizing, simple past and past participle protoxidized) (chemistry, transitive) To combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide. === References === “protoxidize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.