v. [a. F. aromatise-r (12th c.), ad. L. arōmatīzāre, ad. Gr. ἀρωματίζ-ειν to spice, f. ἀρωματ- AROMA.] To render aromatic or fragrant; to impart a spicy flavor to; to season with spice. Also fig.
1480. Caxton, Ovid’s Met., XIV. xi. Whyche Venus aromatysed wt oynement dyvyne.
1582. Hester, Phiorav. Secr., III. v. 11. Aromatise it with two caretes of Muske.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 204. Unto converted Jews … no man imputeth this unsavoury odor; as though Aromatized by their conversion … they smelt no longer then they savoured of the Jew.
1685. Reflect. Baxter, 17. This Spirit Aromatizes the Doctors whole Interpretation of the Apocalypse.
1798. W. Taylor, in Robberds, Mem., I. 216. Attempting with otr of roses to aromatize the fumes of tobacco.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 27. Europeans employ them to aromatise certain liquors.
