alcoholize

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alcoholize (third-person singular simple present alcoholizes, present participle alcoholizing, simple past and past participle alcoholized)

To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification
To infuse or saturate with an alcoholic spirit
To subject to the influence of alcohol
(obsolete) To reduce to a fine powder

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convert into alcohol

Italian: alcolizzare (it)
Polish: alkoholizować impf
Romanian: alcooliza (ro)
Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati
Spanish: alcoholizar (es)

infuse or saturate with alcoholic spirit

Catalan: alcoholitzar (ca)
Italian: alcolizzare (it)
Polish: alkoholizować impf
Portuguese: alcoolizar (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati

subject to the influence of alcohol

Catalan: alcoholitzar (ca)
Italian: alcolizzare (it)
Polish: alkoholizować impf
Portuguese: alcoolizar (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizirati

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OED 2nd edition 1989