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English Dictionary: unsex by the DICT Development Group
2 results for unsex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unsex
v
  1. deprive of sex or sexual powers
  2. remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself"
  3. make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
    Synonym(s): sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unsex \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.
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