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hospitalize

Verb (transitive)

hos=pi=tal=ize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hospitalize(v = verb.possession) hospitalise - admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high"

is one way to charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send

Derived forms noun hospital₁, noun hospital₂, noun hospitalization₄, noun hospitalization₂, noun hospitalization₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

hospitalize, v. t.

To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital. [1913 Webster]
To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, observation, or for rest. [PJC]

hospitalize, v.tr. (also -ise) send or admit (a patient) to hospital.

Derivative

hospitalization n.

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