🥴 To make drunk 🍷 To add alcohol

to alcoholize

8.9

To give someone alcohol so they become drunk

verb
/ˈæl.kə.həˌlaɪz/

: embriagar

After the party, many guests were thoroughly alcoholized and needed a taxi home.

Examples

It is irresponsible to alcoholize children at such a young age.
The chef refused to alcoholize the dish for customers who requested a non-alcoholic version.
They alcoholized the punch for the party.
The bartender alcoholizes the drinks for special events.
The party host decided to alcoholize the punch to make it more festive.
It is not safe to alcoholize beverages meant for underage guests.
At the wedding, they chose to alcoholize the cake with rum to add flavor.

Synonyms

to soak

vsto alcoholize

Informal

22 8.8

Make someone drunk

is a neutral, general phrase about subjecting to alcohol influence

to intoxicate

vsto alcoholize

NSFW

9 7.0

To make someone drunk with alcohol or drugs

focuses only on alcohol influence rather than drugs

to liquor

vsto alcoholize

8 7.0

To add alcohol to food or give people alcoholic drinks

is about causing alcohol influence rather than adding or supplying

to inebriate

vsto alcoholize

Formal

7 8.4

To make someone drunk or to get drunk from alcohol

is framed as subjecting to alcohol influence rather than only by drinking

How Intoxicating

to alcoholize

8.9

to intoxicate

NSFW

9 7.0

Surface Forms

alcoholize infinitive

alcoholized past

alcoholized past participle

alcoholizing present participle

alcoholizes third person singular

Morphology

alcoholize = alcohol (transparent) = alcohol + ize

The verb meaning 'to subject to the effects of alcohol' is a direct, regular derivation from 'alcohol' + '-ize'.

Etymology

The word alcoholize comes from alcohol, which comes from the Arabic word 'al-kuhl' meaning 'essence' or 'spirit', and the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So, to alcoholize a person or thing is to give it alcohol or 'make it drunk'.