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ETHERIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does etherize mean?
• ETHERIZE (verb)
The verb ETHERIZE has 1 sense:
1. anesthetize with ether
Familiarity information: ETHERIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they etherize ... he / she / it etherizes
Past simple: etherized
Past participle: etherized
-ing form: etherizing
... he / she / it etherizes Past simple: etherized
Past participle: etherized
-ing form: etherizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anesthetize with ether
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
etherise; etherize
Hypernyms (to "etherize" is one way to...):
anaesthetise; anaesthetize; anesthetise; anesthetize; put out; put under (administer an anesthetic drug to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
ether (a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic)
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