velocitize

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To inure to high speeds.
   • 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.1969, Earl Mac Rauch, Dirty Pictures from the Prom, page 166
   • This lets the band take advantage of "velocitizing." No, that's not a term from music but from "Driver's Ed."1984, Grammy Pulse - Volumes 2-3, page 29
2. (transitive) To increase the velocity of.
   • 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.1985, Ann Ree Colton, Jonathan Murro, The Pelican and the Chela
   • 'I ought to overrule this. But, yes, it could help velocitize things,' White replied.2013, Bill James, Play Dead, →ISBN
3. (transitive) To adjust the velocity of.
   • "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...1990, Modern Drummer: MD. - Volume 14, Issues 7-12, page 170
   • 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, down1996, Keyboard - Volume 22, Issues 7-12, page 43
4. (transitive) To move at a high velocity, or give the capability or appearance of doing so.
   • 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!2007, Michael Allin, The Christmas Kid: A Novel, →ISBN, page 33
   • When it reached the wall, the mass would appear to rest against it. In actuality, it would be terminally velocitized against its surface.2009, Martin O. Cook, David D. Miller, Einstein Continued...: The Missing Model of Motion, →ISBN, page 78