| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.[Websters]
2. The act rectifying spirit.[Websters] 3. Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ALCOHOLIZATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Alcoholization \Al`co*hol`i*za"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression alcoolisation.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ALCOHOLIZATION
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] the act of rectifying spirit, till it is wholly dephlegmatedor of reducing a substance to an impalpable powder.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (obsolete) reduction to powder. (references) | 2: [Noun] saturation with alcohol. (references) | 3: [Noun] subjection to the influence of alcoholic spirits. (references) |
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