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etherize

verb
/ˈiːθəɹaɪz/

Etymology

From ether + -ize. Compare French éthériser.

  1. derived from *h₂eydʰ-✻
  2. derived from αἰθήρ
  3. derived from aethēr
  4. derived from aethēr
  5. derived from aether
  6. derived from ether
  7. derived from ether
  8. inherited from ēther
  9. suffixed as etherize — “ether + ize”

Definitions

  1. To convert into ether.

    • etherize a spirit

  2. To anesthesize by means of ether (diethyl ether), often by inhalation.

    • to etherize a patient
    • Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA