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VIRILIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they virilize ... he / she / it virilizes
Past simple: virilized
Past participle: virilized
-ing form: virilizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
Example:
the drugs masculinized the teenage girl
Synonyms:
masculinise; masculinize; virilise; virilize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "virilize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
masculinize (give a masculine appearance or character to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
virilization (the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction))
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