Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hospitalize \Hos"pi*tal*ize\, v. t. (Med.)
   To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long
   continued use as a hospital.

Source : WordNet®

hospitalize
     v : admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized
         because her blood pressure was too high" [syn: {hospitalise}]