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femineity
feminine
feminine caesura
feminine ending
feminine rhyme
femininity
feminise
feminism
feminize
femme
femme fatale
femora
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feminize
fem·i·nize [ fémmə nz ] (past and past participle fem·i·nized, present participle fem·i·niz·ing, 3rd person present singular fem·i·niz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. make something suitable for women: to give somebody or something characteristics considered suitable for women
seeking to feminize the profession
2. make somebody conventionally like woman: to make somebody behave in ways conventionally associated with women ( often passive )

3. medicine make male develop female sexual characteristics: to cause a man to develop secondary female sexual characteristics as a result of a hormone imbalance

fem·i·ni·za·tion [ fèmməni záysh'n ] noun
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