caponizev.
/ˈkeɪpənʌɪz/, /ˈkeɪpn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkeɪpəˌnaɪz/ transitive. To make a capon of; to castrate.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate
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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ii. 180 [To] dishonour a Cock of his spurrs: that is to Caponize the gallant spirit of the Creature.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 140 These bustards may likewise be caponiz'd, as well as turkeys, to make them larger.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 350 The habit of caponizing cattle and poultry prevailed..before the arrival of the Arabs.
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