alcoholize

American

[al-kuh-haw-lahyz, -ho-] / ˈæl kə hɔˌlaɪz, -hɒ- /

especially British, alcoholise

verb (used with object)

alcoholized, alcoholizing

to convert into an alcohol.
to treat or saturate with an alcohol.
to place under the influence of alcoholic beverages; make drunk; besot.

alcoholize British

/ ˈælkəhɒˌlaɪz /

verb

(tr) to turn into alcoholic drink, as by fermenting or mixing with alcohol

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Origin of alcoholize

First recorded in 1680–90; alcohol + -ize

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Is it fraudulent to aromatize, alcoholize, and water wines?

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

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