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unsex |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unsex \Un*sex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unsexed}; p. pr & vb n. {Unsexing}.] [1st pref. un- + sex.] To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like as to unsex a woman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: unsex v 1: deprive of sex or sexual powers 2: remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself" 3: make infertile; of both males and females [syn: {sterilize}, {desex}, {desexualize}, {fix}]
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