Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Electrolyze \E*lec"tro*lyze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Electrolyzed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Electrolyzing}.] [Cf. F.
   ['e]lectrolyser. See {Electrolysis}.]
   To decompose by the direct action of electricity. --Faraday.