verb
Meaning 1
To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
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verb
To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.
Said of an injury or illness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: person
Qualifier: event
Topics: illness, medicine, sciences
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verb
To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.
Said of an assailant or other person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: person
Qualifier: event
Topics: illness, medicine, sciences
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verb
admit into a hospital
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hospitalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
History
From hospital + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hotelize.
Across languages
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