ALCOHOLIZE

AL'COHOLIZE, verb transitive To convert into alcohol; to rectify spirit till it is wholly dephlegmated; also, to reduce a substance to an impalpable powder.

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Al″co‐hol‐ize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alcoholized (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Alcoholizing.] [[Cf. F. alcooliser.]] 1. 1. To reduce to a fine powder. Johnson.
2. 2. To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.