Hospitalize \Hos"pi*tal*ize\, v. t. 1. (Med.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital. [Archaic]
2. To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, observation, or for rest.
Syn: hospitalise. [PJC]
A 1981 federal study said a magnitude 7.5 quake on the Newport Inglewood Fault _ the major strike-slip fault inside Los Angeles _ could kill up to 21,000 people, hospitalize 84,000 and leave 630,000 with less serious injuries.
Observers said Amal was "returning a favor" to the Lebanese Forces, which helped evacuate and hospitalize trapped Amal fighters from Shiyah during a battle with Palestinian guerrillas in 1982.
New York Mayor Ed Koch's program to involuntarily hospitalize seriously mentally ill people living on the streets went into effect last week.