v. Obs.–1 [f. SPLENET-IC a. + -IZE.] trans. To render splenetic or ill-humored.
1700. S. Parker, Six Philos. Ess., 39. These violent and frequent Alterations in the Weather serve for a perpetual Monitor by discomposing their Constitutions,… and splenetizing the poor Gentlemen all-over.
