masculate

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masculate

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First attested in 1623; either from Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or a back-formation from emasculate.

verb masculates · masculating · masculated

obsolete, transitive To make strong. Great spiders watched his toil with globose eyes, And pined with empty masculated jaws

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@misc{masculate_2026,
  title = {masculate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/masculate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}