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Etherized

Etherize \E"ther*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etherized; p. pr. & vb. n. Etherizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]th['e]riser.]

  1. To convert into ether.

  2. To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.

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etherized

vb. (en-past of: etherize)

Usage examples of "etherized".

For the first time he could see the whole fleet, spread out across the sky like a patient etherized on a table.

He thinks of the two of us as some rare and unwholesome species of butterfly, to be etherized and pinned to a card.

They were usually etherized at the top of the staircase on a little chair outside the operĀ­ating theater, as there was no room existing for this purpose at the time.