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alcoholize, v.|ˈælkəhɒˌlaɪz|
[ad. mod.L. alcōholīzā-re: see alcohol 3 and -ize. Cf. Fr. alcoholiser.]
†1. To reduce to an impalpable powder; to sublime. Obs.
1686W. Harris tr. Lemery's Chym. (ed. 2) 40 To Alcoholize, or reduce into Alcohol, signifies to Subtilize as when a mixt is beaten into an impalpable powder.
†2. To concentrate to an essential spirit, rectify.
1686W. Harris tr. Lemery's Chym. i. xxii. (ed. 3) 464 Spirit of Wine well Alcoholized. 1799W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 296 Let those [literary compositions] of uncertain value be afterwards concentrated..alcoholized, and have their aroma distilled into a quintessential drop of otr.
3. To saturate with alcohol; to subject to the influence of alcohol. |