1.
[syn: hospitalize, hospitalise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hospitalize \Hos"pi*tal*ize\, v. t.
1. (Med.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by
long continued use as a hospital. [Archaic]
[1913 Webster]
2. To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive
medical treatment, observation, or for rest.
Syn: hospitalise.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hospitalize
v 1: admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized
because her blood pressure was too high" [syn:
hospitalize, hospitalise]