v. [f. as prec. + -IZE.] trans. a. To render tonic, give tone to. b. To invigorate as with a tonic. Hence Tonicizing ppl. a.
1884. Brachet’s Aix-les-Bains, I. 96. Thus more effectually tonicizing the cutaneous covering.
1890. N. & Q., 7th Ser. IX. 141/2. This would spread a tonicizing analeptic influence throughout our English world of readers.
