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with objectTo subject to electrolysis; specifically = "electrolyse".
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Penny Cyclopaedia. Apparently from elctrol- + -ize, after electrolization, in sense 1 probably partly as alteration of electrolyse.