alcoholize

English

Etymology

Verb

alcoholize (third-person singular simple present alcoholizes, present participle alcoholizing, simple past and past participle alcoholized)

To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification
To infuse or saturate with an alcoholic spirit
To subject to the influence of alcohol
(obsolete) To reduce to a fine powder

Translations

convert into alcohol

Italian: alcolizzare (it)
Romanian: alcooliza (ro)

Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati

infuse or saturate with alcoholic spirit

Catalan: alcoholitzar (ca)
Italian: alcolizzare (it)

Portuguese: alcoolizar (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati

subject to the influence of alcohol

Catalan: alcoholitzar (ca)
Italian: alcolizzare (it)

Portuguese: alcoolizar (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati

References

OED 2nd edition 1989

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