Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unsex"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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; of both males and females [syn: {sterilize},
{sterilise}, {desex}, {desexualize}, {fix}]
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