proctorize, v.
(ˈprɒktəraɪz)
[f. as proctor n.1 + -ize.]
trans. Of a university proctor: To exercise the proctorial authority on (an undergraduate, etc.); to arrest, summon, and reprimand, fine, or punish (an offender). Hence transf.
| 1833 Church Let. 2 June, I have only been proctorised once, for not having my gown on. 1861 Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. xii, One don't like to go in while there's any chance of a real row..and so gets proctorized in one's old age for one's patriotism. a 1884 M. Pattison in Mem. (1885) 18 He took him to task for the colour of his great⁓coat—proctorised him, my father said. |
b. intr. To officiate as proctor. rare.
| 1882 ‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versa v, Somehow he never would proctorise any more—it spoilt his nerve. |
Hence proctoriˈzation, the act of proctorizing or fact of being proctorized.
| 1883 in Whibley In Cap & Gown (1890) 136 Did you break the lamps, and hope to escape..Proctorization? 1905 Athenæum 17 June 741/2 The proctorization of Jacobson the well-beloved. |