DEGENDER

Etymology 1

Verb

degender (third-person singular simple present degenders, present participle degendering, simple past and past participle degendered)

(obsolete, intransitive) To degenerate.

Etymology 2

Verb

degender (third-person singular simple present degenders, present participle degendering, simple past and past participle degendered)

(transitive) To strip of gender; to make genderless or gender-neutral.

Anagrams

• gendered

Source: Wiktionary


De*gen"der, De*gen"er, v. i. Etym: [See Degenerate.]

Definition: To degenerate. [Obs.] "Degendering to hate." Spenser. He degenereth into beastliness. Joye.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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