masculize

• masculise

From Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) +‎ -ize.

masculize (third-person singular simple present masculizes, present participle masculizing, simple past and past participle masculized)

1. (rare) To masculinize.
   • 1859, Jules Michelet, “Notes and Explanations”, in J.W. Palmer, transl., Love‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton, translation of L'Amour, page 342:

     Some ancient physicians, Bartholin, Perrault, Sturm, and, later Grasmeyer, have thought that, even without fecundation, the marriage relation suffices, after a time, to masculize woman.

   • 2004 May 26, Darryl Fears, quoting Phyllis Schlafly, “Military families mourn daughters”, in NBC News‎^[2], archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     "I think it's social experimentation, and I don't think it's going to help us win the war," she said. "They want to masculize the women and feminize the men, so that we're a gender-neutral society."

   • 2024 April 10, Jill Lawless, “A major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and lack of evidence”, in National Post‎^[3], Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 April 2024:

     She urged "extreme caution" about giving children or teens masculizing or feminizing hormones — testosterone or estrogen — to people under 18.