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DIGITALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they digitalize ... he / she / it digitalizes
Past simple: digitalized
Past participle: digitalized
-ing form: digitalizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "digitalize" is one way to...):
administer; dispense (give or apply (medications))
Domain category:
medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
digitalis (a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove)
digitalization (the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Put into digital form, as for use in a computer
Example:
he bought a device to digitize the data
Synonyms:
digitalise; digitalize; digitise; digitize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "digitalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
digit (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
