oxidate
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It has become a brown infusible substance, which does not shine in the dark nor oxidate in the air.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
If we use an uniform and homogeneous disc of silver that has never been hammered or compressed, its surface will oxidate equally, provided all its parts are equally heated.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832 by Various
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