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Definitions for: Unsex [v] make infertile; of both males and females
[v] remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself"
[v] deprive of sex or sexual powers
Webster (1913) Definition: Un*sex", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unsexed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Unsexing.] [1st pref. un- + sex.]
To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex;
esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or
the like; as, to unsex a woman.
Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize
See Also: alter, alter, castrate, change, demasculinise, demasculinize, deprive, divest, emasculate, neuter, operate, operate on, spay, strip, vasectomise, vasectomize
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