transitive verb.
To mask or neutralize the odor of or in.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To deprive of odor or smell, especially of the fetid odor resulting from impurities: as, charcoal or quicklime deodorizes night-soil. Also spelled deodorise.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.