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spermatize

spermatize verb: to produce or emit sperm.

Verb

spermatize (third-person singular simple present spermatizes, present participle spermatizing, simple past and past participle spermatized)

  1. (obsolete) To produce or emit sperm.
    • ... to spermatize; to shed, eiect, or iniect sperme.1611, Randle Cotgrave, “Spermatiser”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues

Forms of spermatize

third-person singular presentspermatizes
present participlespermatizing
past participlespermatized
pastspermatized
alternative formspermatise

Origin of spermatize

From Latin spermatizare (“to spermatize”), possibly via French spermatiser, from Ancient Greek σπερματίζειν (spermatízein, “to sow, spread seed upon”), from σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, sperm”). By surface analysis, spermat- + -ize.

Questions about spermatize

What does spermatize mean?
Spermatize means to produce or emit sperm.
What part of speech is spermatize?
Spermatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of spermatize?
The past tense of spermatize is spermatized.

Words near spermatize in the dictionary

  1. spermatist
  2. spermatists
  3. spermatium
  4. spermatization
  5. spermatizations
  6. spermatize
  7. spermatized
  8. spermatizes
  9. spermatizing
  10. spermato-
  11. spermatoa

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