Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to masculize
Participle: masculized
Gerund: masculizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | masculize |
| you | masculize |
| he;she;it | masculizes |
| we | masculize |
| you | masculize |
| they | masculize |
Perfect
| I | have masculized |
| you | have masculized |
| he;she;it | has masculized |
| we | have masculized |
| you | have masculized |
| they | have masculized |
Past
| I | masculized |
| you | masculized |
| he;she;it | masculized |
| we | masculized |
| you | masculized |
| they | masculized |
Pluperfect
| I | had masculized |
| you | had masculized |
| he;she;it | had masculized |
| we | had masculized |
| you | had masculized |
| they | had masculized |
Future
| I | will masculize |
| you | will masculize |
| he;she;it | will masculize |
| we | will masculize |
| you | will masculize |
| they | will masculize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have masculized |
| you | will have masculized |
| he;she;it | will have masculized |
| we | will have masculized |
| you | will have masculized |
| they | will have masculized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | masculize |
| you | masculize |
| he;she;it | masculize |
| we | masculize |
| you | masculize |
| they | masculize |
Perfect
| I | have masculized |
| you | have masculized |
| he;she;it | have masculized |
| we | have masculized |
| you | have masculized |
| they | have masculized |
Imperfect
| I | masculized |
| you | masculized |
| he;she;it | masculized |
| we | masculized |
| you | masculized |
| they | masculized |
Pluperfect
| I | had masculized |
| you | had masculized |
| he;she;it | had masculized |
| we | had masculized |
| you | had masculized |
| they | had masculized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would masculize |
| you | would masculize |
| he;she;it | would masculize |
| we | would masculize |
| you | would masculize |
| they | would masculize |
Perfect
| I | would have masculized |
| you | would have masculized |
| he;she;it | would have masculized |
| we | would have masculized |
| you | would have masculized |
| they | would have masculized |
Imperative
| you | masculize |
| we | Let's masculize |
| you | masculize |
Verbs conjugated like 'masculize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'masculize'
masculise,
masculate,
masculinize,
accurize,
awfulize,
cannulize,
capsulize,
casualize,
emasculate,
fabulize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ize.
Sample Sentences
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Some ancient physicians, Bartholin, Perrault, Sturm, and, later Grasmeyer, have thought that, even without fecundation, the marriage relation suffices, after a time, to masculize woman. [1859, Jules Michelet, “Notes and Explanations”, in J.W. Palmer, transl., Love, New York, N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton, translation of L'Amour, page 342:]
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"I think it's social experimentation, and I don't think it's going to help us win the war," she said. "They want to masculize the women and feminize the men, so that we're a gender-neutral society." [2004 May 26, Darryl Fears, quoting Phyllis Schlafly, “Military families mourn daughters”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:]
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She urged "extreme caution" about giving children or teens masculizing or feminizing hormones — testosterone or estrogen — to people under 18. [2024 April 10, Jill Lawless, “A major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and lack of evidence”, in National Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2024:]