Masculize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To masculinize. rare

    "Some ancient physicians, Bartholin, Perrault, Sturm, and, later Grasmeyer, have thought that, even without fecundation, the marriage relation suffices, after a time, to masculize woman."

Synonyms

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masculinizemasculinize

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"Some ancient physicians, Bartholin, Perrault, Sturm, and, later Grasmeyer, have thought that, even without fecundation, the marriage relation suffices, after a time, to masculize woman."

Etymology

From Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ize.

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