velocitized

velocitized is the simple past and past participle of velocitize.

Adjective

velocitized (comparative more velocitized, superlative most velocitized)

(dated) Accustomed to travelling at high speed.
- Freeway drivers run the risk of becoming "velocitized" after many miles of high-speed driving and temporarily lose their ability to judge car speeds.1963, Louisville Automobile Club, Automobile bulletin
- We become velocitized on the expressways. We become velocitized on the expressways. Velocitized and relaxed. But our reflexes and our general ability to react have not quickened as have the cars we drive.1968, Fred E. Taylor, How to avoid automobile accidents, page 30
(broadly) Accustomed to or characterized by a habitually fast pace.
- We must be satisfied with instant poetry; after all, Instant Quaker Oats tastes just as good as the regular stuff. But if, in fact, life in a velocitized world is one of the chief reasons we are writing prolific rubbish, it becomes our duty not to capitulate, but to resist and begin to write more...1971, Richard Dean Rosen, Me and My Friends, We No Longer Profess Any Graces: A Premature Memoir
- Everything seemed to be moving extremely slowly, and I realized that I was still velocitized. I was still prepared to receive the world at highway speed.1996, Edward Hardy, Geyser Life: A Novel, page 156

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

(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
(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
(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
(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

comparative	more velocitized
superlative	most velocitized

What does velocitized mean?: Velocitized means accustomed to travelling at high speed.
What is velocitized the simple past and past participle of?: Velocitized is the simple past and past participle of velocitize.
What part of speech is velocitized?: Velocitized is an adjective.

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