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Webster 1913 Edition


Feminize

Fem′i-nize

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
féminiser
.]
To make womanish or effeminate.
Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition


Feminize

FEM'INIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To make womanish. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


feminize

feminize

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Verb

feminize (third-person singular simple present feminizes, present participle feminizing, simple past and past participle feminized)

  1. To make more feminine.
    • 1962, D J B Ashley, Human Intersex
      Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized.
  2. To become more feminine.

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