caponize
Syllables: ca·pon·ize
caponize verb: to castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.
Verb
caponize (third-person singular simple present caponizes, present participle caponizing, simple past and past participle caponized)
- To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.
- To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out...1750, W[illiam] Ellis, The Country Housewife's Family Companion: Or Profitable Directions for Whatever Relates to the Management and Good Œconomy of the Domestick Concerns of a Country Life...
Forms of caponize
| third-person singular present | caponizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | caponizing |
| past participle | caponized |
| past | caponized |
Origin of caponize
From capon + -ize.
Words formed from caponize
Questions about caponize
- What does caponize mean?
- Caponize means to castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.
- What part of speech is caponize?
- Caponize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of caponize?
- The past tense of caponize is caponized.
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