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hermaphroditize

hermaphroditize verb: to make hermaphrodite.

Verb

hermaphroditize (third-person singular simple present hermaphroditizes, present participle hermaphroditizing, simple past and past participle hermaphroditized)

  1. (transitive) To make hermaphrodite.
    • Some of them are known to masculinize or hermaphroditize the external genitalia of the female.1972, John Money, Anke A. Ehrhardt, Man & Woman, Boy & Girl: The Differentiation and Dimorphism of Gender Identity from Conception to Maturity, page 58
    • Male Romantic poets hermaphroditize themselves "to seize the Delphic powers of feminine receptivity," but a female artist in this tradition, "sexually advantaged by birth, must extend her imperial reach in the other direction, […]1997, Tom Winnifrith, Critical Essays on Emily Brontë, page 259

Forms of hermaphroditize

third-person singular presenthermaphroditizes
present participlehermaphroditizing
past participlehermaphroditized
pasthermaphroditized

Origin of hermaphroditize

From hermaphrodite + -ize.

Questions about hermaphroditize

What does hermaphroditize mean?
Hermaphroditize means to make hermaphrodite.
What part of speech is hermaphroditize?
Hermaphroditize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hermaphroditize?
The past tense of hermaphroditize is hermaphroditized.

Words near hermaphroditize in the dictionary

  1. hermaphroditical
  2. hermaphroditically
  3. hermaphroditish
  4. hermaphroditism
  5. hermaphroditisms
  6. hermaphroditize
  7. hermaphroditized
  8. hermaphroditizes
  9. hermaphroditizing
  10. Hermaphroditus
  11. hermaphrodyte

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