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Definition of Feminize
1. Verb. Assume (more) feminine characteristics. "Feminized frogs"
2. Verb. To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to. "This hairdo feminizes the man"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Woman
Definition of Feminize
1. v. t. To make womanish or effeminate.
Definition of Feminize
1. Verb. To make more feminine. ¹
2. Verb. To become more feminine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feminize
1. to make womanly [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] - See also: womanly
Medical Definition of Feminize
1. To make womanish or effeminate. Origin: Cf. F. Feminiser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feminize
Literary usage of Feminize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scrap Book (1906)
"DOES COEDUCATION feminize COLLEGE? Thorough Training, Rather than Separate Training,
... The argument that the presence of women tends to " feminize " the ..."
2. Equal Pay for Equal Work: The Story of the Struggle for Justice Being Made by Grace Charlotte Strachan (1910)
"They feminize boys ? Nonsense ! Where are our effeminate boys, if you please ?
" " I wish," he remarked by way of casual beginning, " that I could happen on ..."
3. Transsexuals: Life from Both Sides by Lynn Hubschman (1999)
"At last I had a tool to feminize my body, but it was very crude. ... I had no
plan, no strategy — only a desperate desire to feminize my body. ..."
4. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"... Normale feminize'. The church c. mains an Entombment, by Сш'п' (to the left), ..."
5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1903)
"... exposes to premature and undesirable emotional development; and ((,-) The
presence of females in an educational institution tends to feminize it both in ..."
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