Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
torture and torment like a martyr;
[syn: martyr, martyrize, martyrise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Martyrize \Mar"tyr*ize\, v. t. [Cf. F. martyriser, LL.
martyrizare.]
To make a martyr of. --Spenser.
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