v. rare. [f. FUTILE + -IZE.] trans. To make futile.
1766. H. Brooke, Fool of Qual., II. ix. 119. Her whole soul and essence is futilized and extracted into shew and superficials.
1867. R. M. Phillimore, trans. Dupanloup’s Stud. Wom., vi. (1869), 35. Not to futilize (if I may be allowed the word) the mind of men, who are already too much inclined to futility.
