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FEMINISE
feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize
(verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; “This hairdo feminizes the man”
feminize, feminise
(verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics; “feminized language”; “feminized frogs”
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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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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