sanitate

American  

[san-i-teyt] / ˈsæn ɪˌteɪt /

verb (used with object)

sanitated, sanitating

1. to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances.

   to sanitate a new town.

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Etymology

Origin of sanitate

First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from sanitation

Example Sentences

She added some businesses have been forced to close and then reopen facilities to sanitate them following reports of infections.

From Reuters

It was put in trim by the engineers, then sanitated by the humbler members of the Medical Corps.

From Project Gutenberg

But it would not be very satisfactory to pass the day in a ventilated and sanitated Hell with nothing to eat or drink.

From Project Gutenberg

Westport should brush itself up, cleanse its streets, tidy up its shops, sanitate its surroundings, and offer decent accommodation to tourists.

From Project Gutenberg

Imagine a hospital as big as King's College Hospital all packed into a train, and having to be self-provisioned, watered, sanitated, lit, cleaned, doctored and nursed and staffed and officered, all within its own limits.

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