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

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sanitate sanitated

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

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

Yes, we certainly ventilate and sanitate in those matters nowadays.

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Yes—yes—yes In towns I make improvements great, Which go to swell the County Rate— I dwelling-houses sanitate, And purify the Halls!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

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

From The Secret Glory by Machen, Arthur

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.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

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

From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood

But after that visit all possible defects were overcome, and the men slept well, ate well, were as well clothed as possible, and were admirably sanitated.

From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood