erotizev.
/ˈɛrətʌɪz/ transitive. To transform (an emotion, etc.) into sexual feeling.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > cause sexual excitement in [verb (transitive)] > transform (emotion) into sexual feeling
erotize1936
1936 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 288 The erotizing of aggressive impulses is a remarkably general process which accounts for much of the complexity of life.
1966 New Statesman 23 Sept. 441/1 The key could well be the primate and human capacity for erotising experience.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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v.1936- to play nipshot
- to play off
- to play off a tie
- to play off and on with
- to play off on
- to play off sick
- to play off the stage
- to play old gooseberry
- to play old harry with
- to play on
- to play on a sticky wicket
- to play on advantage
- to play on both hands
- to play on music
- to play on the cards
- to play on the heartstrings
- to play on the word
- to play on words
- to play one a cantrip
- to play one a trick
- to play one's best card
- to play one's cards badly
- to play one's cards etc
- to play one's cards on the table
- to play one's cards right