feminize

• femininize, femininise, feminise

From Latin fēmina (“woman, female”) +‎ -ize.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmɪnaɪz/

feminize (third-person singular simple present feminizes, present participle feminizing, simple past and past participle feminized)

1. (transitive) To make (more) feminine.
   • 1962, D J B Ashley, Human Intersex

     Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized.

2. (intransitive) To become (more) feminine.

• femalize

• masculinize, masculinise
• masculize, masculise

• feminization