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Meaning of etherize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

/ˈiːθəɹaɪz/

Definitions

To convert into ether.
To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation.

Examples

“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; […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

etherized etherizes etherizing ethicised ethicises ethicising