See Also: exility(dictionary)

oxidate (iou) and exility (iou)


oxidate (iou)



oxidate verb. Now rare. L18.
[from French oxider + -ATE3.]
Chemistry.
verb trans. = OXIDIZE 1. L18.
verb intrans. = OXIDIZE 2. E19.

exility (iou)



exility noun. arch. LME.
[Latin exilitas, from exilis: see EXILE adjective, -ITY.]
Slenderness, thinness; smallness of size, extent, etc. LME.
Impoverishment. M16-L18.
Thinness of texture or consistency; fineness, tenuity. E17.