Masculate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make strong. obsolete, transitive

    "Great spiders watched his toil with globose eyes, And pined with empty masculated jaws"

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"Great spiders watched his toil with globose eyes, And pined with empty masculated jaws"

Etymology

First attested in 1623; either from Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or a back-formation from emasculate.

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