Meanings
verbEdenize (third-person singular simple present Edenizes, present participle Edenizing, simple past and past participle Edenized)
present singular third person Edenizes · participle present Edenizing · participle past Edenized · past Edenized
- transitiveTo bring to a state of paradisaic happiness.
pure Saints Edenizd
c. 1605, John Davies of Hereford, Wittes Pilgrimage - transitivenursingTo convert (a traditional institutional nursing home) into a community where patients can live a full and active life.
Origin
From Eden + -ize. The nursing sense comes from the Eden Alternative proposed by William H. Thomas (physician).
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Edenize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edenize
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