velocitize

English

Etymology

velocity +‎ -ize

Verb

velocitize (third-person singular simple present velocitizes, present participle velocitizing, simple past and past participle velocitized)

1. (transitive) To inure to high speeds.
   • 1969, Earl Mac Rauch, Dirty Pictures from the Prom, page 166:

     From birth, Madame, we are velocitized to expect a cause and its effect to be almost contiguous in time and for them to resemble one another, and, as a consequence, we usually accept what is nearest an event in time and shape as its cause.

   • 1984, Grammy Pulse - Volumes 2-3, page 29:

     This lets the band take advantage of "velocitizing." No, that's not a term from music but from "Driver's Ed."

   • 2003 December 10, “The mentality behind the wheel”, in The Oregonian:

     Safety experts argue that speeding has “velocitizing” effects on drivers, making it harder for them to slow down when conditions change and it’s urgent to do so.

2. (transitive) To increase the velocity of.
   • 1985, Ann Ree Colton, Jonathan Murro, The Pelican and the Chela:

     A Teacher does not live his disciple's life. He teaches his student to resolve each problem. Through telepathic directives, he velocitizes the atmosphere through which the disciple learns discrimination and discernment.

   • 2013, Bill James, Play Dead, →ISBN:

     'I ought to overrule this. But, yes, it could help velocitize things,' White replied.

   • 2013, John Jamieson, The Perpetual Wealth System, →ISBN:

     Doing real estate with this model and the ability to volumize and velocitize monies in this way was not possible until the real estate collapse ofa few years ago, that continues today in most areas of the country..

3. (transitive) To adjust the velocity of.
   • 1990, Modern Drummer: MD. - Volume 14, Issues 7-12, page 170:

     "I went in with the computer and I velocitized it. In other words, I would redefine how John was hitting the strikes," Ken explains. "Electronic pads aren't sensitive enough yet to really reproduce his inflections. So I would do the velocity — which is how hard he is hitting — of every single beat of the entire composition. ..."

   • 1996, Keyboard - Volume 22, Issues 7-12, page 43:

     Then you check the velocity. I usually velocitize my stuff to 127 so the engineer doesn't have a problem when he goes in to mix, and stuff's here, there, up, down

4. (transitive) To move at a high velocity, or give the capability or appearance of doing so.
   • 2007, Michael Allin, The Christmas Kid: A Novel, →ISBN, page 33:

     Fred crawled back laughing through the doorway, bursting into even more uncontrollable hysterics as she saw me again and got busy combing and spraying and sculpting my hair until it was petrified flat and zooming straight out behind me. Fred VELOCITIZED me!

   • 2009, Martin O. Cook, David D. Miller, Einstein Continued...: The Missing Model of Motion, →ISBN, page 78:

     When it reached the wall, the mass would appear to rest against it. In actuality, it would be terminally velocitized against its surface.

   • 2012, Geoff Miller, Intangibles, →ISBN:

     He extends his hand, slowing the bullets to a stop, velocitized vectors cutting through the air, and then they freeze like a pack of dogs just ordered to sit.

   • 2014, John Keeble, Yellowfish: A Novel, →ISBN, page 271:

     A drill punch stood poised, a big thing shaped like a C clamp, with a table and a velocitized mouth.

   • 2016, Mary Roach, Grunt, →ISBN, page 271:

     In the face of velocitized steel, even the strongest among us are mush.