to order that someone does penance; or, to persuade someone to do meritorious deeds (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlamaceualiz nauatia
Alonso de Molina:
tlamaceualiz nauatia. ni. (pret. onitlamaceualiznauati.) mandar hazer penitencia, o persuadir a hazer obras meritorias. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 125r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.