negatize

English

Verb

negatize (third-person singular simple present negatizes, present participle negatizing, simple past and past participle negatized)

1. (transitive, dated) To negate or cancel out.
   • 1911, Paul Monroe Pilcher, Frank Overton, Long Island Medical Journal, volume 5, page 98:

     […] when the function of the organ is interfered with either constantly or intermittently to such as extent as to be a source of so much discomfort as to negatize the risk of a major intestinal operation.

   • 1965, Ed Ainsworth, Golden Checkerboard, page 125:

     […] so that the lands of the Indians could be sold or leased under proper supervision and the proceeds channeled to them without undue costs, legal fees, or difficulties which would negatize the overall benefit.