FEMINISE

feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize

(verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; ā€œThis hairdo feminizes the manā€

feminize, feminise

(verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics; ā€œfeminized languageā€; ā€œfeminized frogsā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

feminise (third-person singular simple present feminises, present participle feminising, simple past and past participle feminised)

Non-Oxford standard spelling of feminize.

Source: Wiktionary



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