[syn: alcoholize, alcoholise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Alcoholize \Al"co*hol*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alcoholized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Alcoholizing.] [Cf. F. alcooliser.]
1. To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.] --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
2. To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate
with alcohol.
[1913 Webster] Alcoholometer
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
alcoholize
v 1: subject to the influence of alcohol; "After we finished
dinner, we were thoroughly alcoholized"
2: treat or infuse with alcohol; "alcoholize the fruit and let
them sit in the refrigerator" [syn: alcoholize,
alcoholise]
3: make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes" [syn:
alcoholize, alcoholise]