nectarize

English

Etymology

From nectar +‎ -ize.

Verb

nectarize (third-person singular simple present nectarizes, present participle nectarizing, simple past and past participle nectarized)

1. (obsolete) To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.
   • 1588, G[abriel] H[arvey], edited by J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], Fovre Letters, and Certaine Sonnets, […] (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n., published 1870], →OCLC:

     Gently assemble, delicacies all,
     And sweetly nectarize this bitter gall!

References

• “nectarize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.