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.
| 1686 W. 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.
| 1686 W. Harris tr. Lemery's Chym. i. xxii. (ed. 3) 464 Spirit of Wine well Alcoholized. 1799 W. 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.