masculinize

Definition of Masculinize in English :

1. masculinize

give a masculine appearance or character to

Example Sentences:
'Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s'

produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy

Example Sentences:
'the drugs masculinized the teenage girl'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Masculinize

verb

to make or become masculine, esp to cause (a woman) to show male secondary sexual characteristics as a result of taking steroids

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmasculinˌized or ˈmasculinˌizing

to make masculine; esp., to produce male characteristics in (a female)

tr.v. mas·cu·lin·ized, mas·cu·lin·iz·ing, mas·cu·lin·iz·es

1. To cause to have qualities that are perceived as masculine: a work environment that is masculinized.

2. To cause (a female) to assume masculine characteristics, as through the influence of hormones.