Verb: masculinize 'mas-kyu-li,nIz
- Give a masculine appearance or character to
"Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s";
- masculinise [Brit]
- Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
"the drugs masculinized the teenage girl";
- masculinise [Brit], virilize, virilise [Brit]
Derived forms: masculinized, masculinizes, masculinizing
Type of: alter, change, modify
Encyclopedia: Masculinize