Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Chiefly Brit. To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, for observation, or for rest.
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- verb British Alternative spelling of
hospitalize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb admit into a hospital
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Dorman said he had contacts who would be able to 'hospitalise' Mr Marsh for a price of
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I get heartsink every time I see real eggs used in recipes knowing that regardless of how good it looks, eating it would hospitalise me.
Reduce Or Eliminate Eggs With These Egg Substitutes | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I get heartsink every time I see real eggs used in recipes knowing that regardless of how good it looks, eating it would hospitalise me.
Reduce Or Eliminate Eggs With These Egg Substitutes | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Across South Africa, the XDR-TB crisis has been complicated further, said Mtshali, as the different provinces took different approaches in deciding how long to hospitalise people with drug-resistant TB.
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The government is criminally liable for failing to hospitalise extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) patients, the Inkatha
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However, die-hard Simpsons fans are boycotting the promotion, upset that each box of Krusty O's doesn't come with a jagged metal Krusty O that will hospitalise them in the same way that Bart was in episode 125.
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Premier Ramatlhodi said the provincial government was in the process of establishing Multi Drug Resistance Units to hospitalise people for purposes of achieving total cure and preventing the further spread of TB, which still posed a major challenge.
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It cost the medical service R48352 to hospitalise and treat
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Yet no two raised arms are ever quite the same, and despite the hysteria surrounding Rooney's misbehaviour â€" as predicted by United's manager â€" it seems idle to pretend, as many have sought to do, that this particular assault was a potential jaw-breaker or cynical attempt to hospitalise an opponent.
The Guardian World News Paul Wilson 2011
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A decision to hospitalise the activist, whose blood pressure has fallen and pulse rate has increased, would be taken this afternoon, his doctor told reporters on Saturday.
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