Therapizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To provide treatment or counseling aimed at healing or relieving psychological or physical ailments
2. Engaging in the process of administering therapeutic interventions or guidance to improve mental or bodily health
3. Offering care, support, or professional methods intended to restore well-being and alleviate emotional or physical distress

Etymology: "Therapize" is a plain formation: the noun "therapy" with the verb-forming suffix "-ize" attached. "Therapy" itself came into English in the 1800s from New Latin "therapia", which was built from the ancient Greek "therapeía", meaning service or medical treatment, and that Greek noun traces back to "therapōn", an attendant or servant. The sense of care-giving is therefore older than the medical sense in the word's roots. The suffix "-ize" arrives by a longer route. It descends from Greek verbs in "-izein", passed through Late Latin "-izāre", then Old French and Middle English in forms like "-isen", before settling into its modern spelling. English speakers have been attaching it to nouns for centuries, which is why it can be stretched onto a word like "therapy" to produce a verb meaning to treat someone by therapeutic means.

Synonyms: treats, heals, cures, remedies, medicates

Antonyms: neglects, ignores, harms, injures, worsens