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Masculinize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics. transitive

    "Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair."

  2. 2
    produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy wordnet
  3. 3
    give a masculine appearance or character to wordnet

Etymology

From masculine + -ize.

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