Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for alcoholize. Search instead for alcoholizes.

alcoholize

American  
[al-kuh-haw-lahyz, -ho-] / ˈæl kə hɔˌlaɪz, -hɒ- /
especially British, alcoholise

verb (used with object)

alcoholized, alcoholizing

  1. to convert into an alcohol.

  2. to treat or saturate with an alcohol.

  3. to place under the influence of alcoholic beverages; make drunk; besot.

alcoholize British  
/ ˈælkəhɒˌlaɪz /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • alcoholization noun
  • overalcoholize verb (used with object)
  • unalcoholized adjective

Etymology

Origin of alcoholize

First recorded in 1680–90; alcohol + -ize

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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)

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.