alcoholize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb subject to the influence of alcohol
    • After we finished dinner, we were thoroughly alcoholized
  2. verb treat or infuse with alcohol
    alcoholise.
    • alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator
  3. verb make alcoholic, as by fermenting
    alcoholise.
    • alcoholize prunes

WordNet


Al"co*hol*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. alcooliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Alcoholized present participle & verbal noun Alcoholizing
Definitions
  1. To reduce to a fine powder. Obs. Johnson.
  2. To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.

Webster 1913