masculate en · VERB
Etymology
First attested in 1623; either from Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or a back-formation from emasculate.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To make strong.
Great spiders watched his toil with globose eyes, And pined with empty masculated jaws
1878, Meta Orred, Berthold, and Other Poems:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| masculated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| masculated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| masculates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| masculating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |