hotelize
hotelize verb: to make into, or similar to, a hotel.
Verb
hotelize (third-person singular simple present hotelizes, present participle hotelizing, simple past and past participle hotelized)
- To make into, or similar to, a hotel.
- […] and there is nothing to be seen there except Mr. Franck's hotel, a fine old palace of the kind which hotelize so well.1886, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 551
- This, we believe was the first hospital to hotelize its rooms, and, quoting again from THE HOTEL MONTHLY (this from the issue of May 1924): "One of the great movements of today is the hotelizing of hospitals."1937, John Willy, Hotel Monthly, volume 45, page 14
Forms of hotelize
| third-person singular present | hotelizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | hotelizing |
| past participle | hotelized |
| past | hotelized |
Origin of hotelize
From hotel + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hospitalize.
Questions about hotelize
- What does hotelize mean?
- Hotelize means to make into, or similar to, a hotel.
- What part of speech is hotelize?
- Hotelize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hotelize?
- The past tense of hotelize is hotelized.
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