Definition of "etherize" [e•ther•ize]

• To subject to the fumes of ether; anesthetize. (verb-transitive)
• To etherify. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "What am I saying? to etherize him, as here ether takes the place of earth."
• "I guess it was the strugglin 'that confused my mind, and I been wondering why I could etherize a lot of struggling young poets."
• "I got kind of mixed up -- I could think of nothin 'but etherize."