† trepanize, v. Obs. rare.
[f. trepan v.1 + -ize.]
= trepan v.1
| 1601 Holland Pliny xvii. xxvii. I. 545 Even their bones also use to be trepanized and bored through as well as ours. 1684 Contempl. St. Man i. v. (1699) 47 Some have been cured by tripanizing the Scull, or drawing Bones from it. |