The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alcoholize \Al"co*hol*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alcoholized; p. pr. & vb. n. Alcoholizing.] [Cf. F. alcooliser.]
To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.]
--Johnson.To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification 2 To infuse or saturate with an alcoholic spirit 3 To subject to the influence of alcohol 4 (context obsolete English) To reduce to a fine powder
WordNet
v. subject to the influence of alcohol; "After we finished dinner, we were thoroughyl alcoholized"
treat or infuse with alcohol; "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator" [syn: alcoholise]
make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes" [syn: alcoholise]
Usage examples of "alcoholize".
These heavy-eyed men with the alcoholized brains, these pallid youths with the nicotized optic ganglia and thinking-marrows brown as their own meerschaums, of whom you meet too many,--will ask all your wisdom to deal with their poisoned nerves and their enfeebled wills.
In an instant one of the ministers in attendance ran to the king’s assistance, but he, almost as much alcoholized as his master, caught fire as well, and soon both monarch and minister lay writhing on the ground in unutterable agony.