Spermatize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To produce or emit sperm. obsolete

    "... to spermatize; to shed, eiect, or iniect sperme."

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fecundatefertilizefructifyimpregnateinseminate

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"... to spermatize; to shed, eiect, or iniect sperme."

Etymology

From Latin spermatizare (“to spermatize”), possibly via French spermatiser, from Ancient Greek σπερματίζειν (spermatízein, “to sow, spread seed upon”), from σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, sperm”). By surface analysis, spermato- + -ize.

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