feminize
[ fem-uh-nahyz ]
/ ˈfɛm əˌnaɪz /
verb (used with or without object), fem·i·nized, fem·i·niz·ing.
to make or become feminine.
Also
especially British,
fem·i·nise.
Origin of feminize
1645–55; < Latin
fēmin(a) woman +
-ize
OTHER WORDS FROM feminize
Words nearby feminize
femininity,
femininity complex,
feminism,
feminist,
feminization,
feminize,
femme,
femme de chambre,
femme fatale,
femmy,
femoral
Example sentences from the Web for feminised
In bringing about the paradox of staticising Courbet, Manet feminised him.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning |Willard Huntington WrightThey talk of the masculine woman; but every man is a feminised man.
Orthodoxy |G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for feminised
feminize
feminise
/ (ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz) /
verb
to make or become feminine
to cause (a male animal) to develop female characteristics