Meanings
verbetherize (third-person singular simple present etherizes, present participle etherizing, simple past and past participle etherized)
present singular third person etherizes · participle present etherizing · participle past etherized · past etherized
- historicalTo anesthetize by means of ether (diethyl ether), often by inhalation.
to etherize a patient
1 more example
Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table; […]
1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 9
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From ether + -ize. Compare French éthériser.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan eteritzar
- eteritzarTranslations
French éthériser
- éthériserTranslations
Spanish eterizar
- eterizarTranslations
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etherize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etherize
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“etherize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etherize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etherize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etherize.
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