Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To convert into alcohol; rectify (spirit) till it is wholly purified.
- To saturate with alcohol; expose to the influence or subject to the effects of alcohol.
- To reduce to an impalpable powder.
- Also spelled
alcoholise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To reduce to a fine powder.
- transitive verb To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To convert into
alcohol byfermentation , or to increase the concentration of alcohol byrectification - verb To
infuse orsaturate with an alcoholicspirit - verb To subject to the
influence of alcohol - verb obsolete To
reduce to a finepowder
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make alcoholic, as by fermenting
- verb treat or infuse with alcohol
- verb subject to the influence of alcohol
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