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chocolatize en · VERB

Etymology

From chocolate + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To heat (a substance containing blood) slowly until the red blood cells lyse, producing a brown, chocolate-like color.
   • Due to difficulty culturing the WY-A2 strain in MMH broth, cysteine heart agar with 9% chocolatized sheep blood (CHAB) was used under identical incubation settings as the strains above. 2015 October 17, “Prior Inoculation with Type B Strains of Francisella tularensis Provides Partial Protection against Virulent Type A Strains in Cottontail Rabbits”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
2. (informal, transitive) To add chocolate to.
   • Because I didn't want chocolate hair, we ate in the shop, which, fortunately, had a good stock of paper napkins, since Diana was not too fastidious about her food and tended to chocolatize her face pretty well whenever encountering her favorite dessert. 2001, Philip R. Craig, Vineyard Blues: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery, →ISBN, page 92:
   • But this rush to chocolatize anything edible hurts the psyche of bona-fide chocolate lovers who know that chocolate's true mission is not to complement other foods but to be the focus. 1986, San Diego Magazine - Volume 39, page 126:
   • The same stuff you use for chocolate milk can be used to chocolatize a beer. Use a half cup in the boil. 2009, Drew Beechum, The Everything Homebrewing Book:
3. (informal) To indulge by eating chocolate.
   • It's better than eating straight chocolate – a really good way to eat your weed and not over-chocolatize. 2013 June 13, “Marijuana Edibles: Wiz and Wavves' Space Cake Odyssey”, in Rolling Stone:
   • We've got Strawberry Banana Happiness in aTub, Mint Chocolate Love Substitute, and Intense Chocolate Brainwash to chocolatize your troubles away. 2008, Natalie Standiford, Dating Game #4: Ex-Rating, →ISBN:
   • CHOCOLATIZE your senses. 1980, Beverage Industry:

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