summerize

American  

[suhm-uh-rahyz] / ˈsʌm əˌraɪz /

especially British, summerise

verb (used with object)

summerized, summerizing

1. to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer.

   to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.

2. to protect in hot weather for future use.

   to summerize a snowmobile.

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Etymology

Origin of summerize

First recorded in 1790–1800 (in the sense “to spend the summer”); and in 1860–70 summerize for def. 1; summer ¹ + -ize