v. [ad. mod.L. alcōholīzā-re: see ALCOHOL 3 and -IZE. Cf. Fr. alcoholiser.]
† 1. To reduce to an impalpable powder; to sublime. Obs.
1686. W. Harris, trans. Lemery’s Chym. (ed. 2), 40. To Alcoholize, or reduce into Alcohol, signifies to Subtilize as when a mixt is beaten into an impalpable powder.
† 2. To concentrate to an essential spirit, rectify.
1686. W. Harris, trans. Lemery’s Chym., I. xxii. (ed. 3), 464. Spirit of Wine well Alcoholized.
1799. W. Taylor, in Robberds’ Mem., I. 296. Let those [literary compositions] of uncertain value be afterwards concentrated … alcoholized, and have their aroma distilled into a quintessential drop of otr.
3. To saturate with alcohol; to subject to the influence of alcohol.
