v. rare. [f. as prec. + -IZE.] trans. To turn to a utilitarian end or purpose; to invest with a utilitarian character.
1852. Mrs. C. Meredith, Home in Tasmania, I. 143. The colonists, sad matter-of-fact people that they are! who utilitarianize everything.
1864. Gold Hill (NV) Daily News 20 Jan., 1/7. It is the successful effort of the modern to utilitarianize the knowledge that has come down to him, which makes all the difference between him and his progenitor of three thousand years ago.
1907. Jrnl. Educ., Oct., 671/1. Utilitarianize your secondary education.
