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Verb: caponise  'key-pu,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: caponize)
  1. Convert a cock into a capon by castration
    "Farmers used to caponise roosters to improve meat quality";
    - caponize

Derived forms: caponised, caponises, caponising

Type of: castrate, demasculinise [Brit], demasculinize, emasculate [archaic], evirate [rare]