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resex

resex verb: to change the sex of.

Verb

resex (third-person singular simple present resexes, present participle resexing, simple past and past participle resexed)

  1. (transitive) To change the sex of.
    • a performance of Shakespeare that resexed the main characters
  2. (transitive) To redetermine the sex of (an animal).

Forms of resex

third-person singular presentresexes
present participleresexing
past participleresexed
pastresexed

Origin of resex

From re- + sex.

Questions about resex

What does resex mean?
Resex means to change the sex of.
What part of speech is resex?
Resex is a verb.
What is the past tense of resex?
The past tense of resex is resexed.

Words near resex in the dictionary

  1. resew
  2. resewed
  3. resewing
  4. resewn
  5. resews
  6. resex
  7. resexed
  8. resexes
  9. resexing
  10. resexualization
  11. resexualizations

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