aromatize

American  

[uh-roh-muh-tahyz] / əˈroʊ məˌtaɪz /

especially British, aromatise

verb (used with object)

aromatized, aromatizing

1. to make aromatic or fragrant.

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aromatize British  

/ əˈrəʊməˌtaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to make aromatic

2. to convert (an aliphatic compound) to an aromatic compound

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Other Word Forms

• aromatization noun
• aromatizer noun
• dearomatize verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of aromatize

1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Late Latin arōmatizāre < Greek arōmatízein to spice. See aroma, -ize

Example Sentences

The fragrant perfume of the flowers, Exuding in the summer hours, E'en as the altar's incense rare Disseminated through the air, May never reach the azure skies, Yet can the earth aromatize.

From Mountain idylls, and Other Poems by King, Alfred Castner

An almost imponderable quantity of this essential oil will suffice to aromatize a gallon of water.

From Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

Then put the same quantity of ants as before; do this three times, then aromatize the spirit with cinnamon.

From Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by Davenport, John

"The ancients," says Burnett, "employed the flowers and the leaves to aromatize their baths, and to give a sweet scent to water in which they washed; hence the generic name of the plant, Lavandula."

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

Is it fraudulent to aromatize, alcoholize, and water wines?

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)