Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Martyrize \Mar"tyr*ize\, v. t. [Cf. F. martyriser, LL.
   martyrizare.]
   To make a martyr of. --Spenser.

Source : WordNet®

martyrize
     v : torture and torment like a martyr [syn: {martyr}, {martyrise}]