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单词 masculate
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masculatev.

Brit. /ˈmaskjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˈmæskjəˌleɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin masculus , -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < classical Latin masculus (see masculine adj.) + -ate suffix3, probably after emasculate v. Compare post-classical Latin masculare (13th cent. in British sources; also in sense ‘to neuter’), masculatus (as a conjecture in a late 4th-cent. text, perhaps after classical Latin fēminātus feminate adj.).
transitive. To make masculine, give masculine characters to (a person or thing).Now largely superseded by masculinize. Cf. emasculate v.
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > make strong [verb (transitive)]
strengha1175
strengthc1300
fastena1398
starka1400
fortify14..
enstrength1483
roborate1534
enstrengthen1539
strengthen1539
strengthen1546
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nerve1694
nervate1792
the world > life > sex and gender > male > make masculine [verb (transitive)]
masculate1812
masculinize1858
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Masculate, to make strong.
1737 A. Hill Tears of Muses 18 They exchange Attire. Then, Man's lac'd Lightness apes the Lady's Air: And bluff big Boldness masculates the Fair.
1812 R. Southey Omniana II. cxci. 56 I am not sure (he adds) whether in time it may not perfectly masculate the sex.
a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxix. 216 The fine-drawn moon-stilled cloud-processions of the cavatina..was by them hardened, masculated, made to tower in climax.
1998 Computing (Nexis) 3 Dec. 15 Thinking of the future is nothing new to Shirley. Born Stephanie, she masculated her name..to..get people to take her entrepreneurial ideas seriously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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