† ˈinnocenˌtize, v. Obs. rare.
[f. innocent n. + -ize, after F. innocenter (Cotgr.).]
trans. ‘To breech, whip, lash (on Childermas or Innocents' day), to jerke all such as they can find in bed’ (Cotgr.: mentioned as a ‘merrie custome’ in France.)
| 1708 Motteux Rabelais v. xiv, We will Innocentize your Fopship with a Wannion, you never were so innocentis'd in your days. |