hospitize
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin hospes, hospitis (“guest”) + -ize.[1]
Verb
[edit]hospitize (third-person singular simple present hospitizes, present participle hospitizing, simple past and past participle hospitized)
- (transitive, dated) To show hospitality towards.
- 1936, Oriental Affairs: A Monthly Review, volumes 5-6, page 187:
- There is the desire to exploit, impress and hospitize the foreigner all at the same time, and very often in the same person.
References
[edit]- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Hospitize”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 407, column 2: “f. L. hospit-em guest + -ize.”