Alcoholize -

While the word is relatively rare in modern English—appearing in fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words—it carries several distinct meanings across culinary, chemical, and social contexts:

To (also spelled alcoholise ) is a transitive verb that primarily means to treat, saturate, or infuse something with alcohol. alcoholize

: In cooking or medicine, it refers to soaking a substance in spirits (e.g., "alcoholize the fruit before serving"). While the word is relatively rare in modern

: In chemistry, it describes the process of converting a substance into an alcohol or increasing its concentration through rectification. alcoholize