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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

maternalize en · VERB

Etymology

From maternal + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make maternal.
    • Women's professional status is frequently mediated by overt efforts to "beautify" or maternalize them, or both. 2003, Rory Cooke Dicker, Alison Piepmeier, Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century:

Forms

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maternalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
maternalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maternalized Tense=Past lexicographic
maternalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic