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  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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