Etherizing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Etherize \E"ther*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Etherized}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Etherizing}.] [Cf. F. ['e]th['e]riser.]
     1. To convert into ether.
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     2. To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation;


        as, to etherize a patient.
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