etherize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: e=ther=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

etherize, v. t. [Cf. F. éthériser.].

•  To convert into ether.  [1913 Webster]
•  To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

etherize, v.tr. (also -ise) hist. treat or anaesthetize with ether.

Derivative

etherization n.

THESAURUS

etherize

KO, aerate, aerify, anesthetize, atomize, bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, carbonate, chlorinate, chloroform, coldcock, deaden, desensitize, distill, dope, drug, dull, emit, etherify, evaporate, exhale, fluidize, fractionate, freeze, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, hydrogenate, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lay out, narcotize, numb, obtund, oxygenate, palsy, paralyze, perfume, put to sleep, reek, send out, smoke, spray, steam, stun, stupefy, sublimate, sublime, vaporize, volatilize