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HOSPITALIZE
hospitalize, hospitalise
(verb) admit into a hospital; “Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hospitalize (third-person singular simple present hospitalizes, present participle hospitalizing, simple past and past participle hospitalized)
To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
(medicine, archaic) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
(of an injury, illness, event, or person) To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.
Said of an injury or illness.
Said of an assailant or other person.
Source: Wiktionary
Hos"pi*tal*ize, v. t. (Med.)
Definition: To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AMISS
(adverb) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; “if you think him guilty you judge amiss”; “he spoke amiss”; “no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly”
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