caponize

[key-puh-nahyz]

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verb (used with object), ca·pon·ized, ca·pon·iz·ing.

to castrate (a fowl).

Also especially British, ca·pon·ise.

Origin of caponize

First recorded in 1645–55; capon + -ize

Related formsca·pon·i·za·tion, nounca·pon·iz·er, noun

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Related Words for caponize

sterilize, spay, mutilate, neuter, fix, change, emasculate, cut, unsex, geld, alter, caponize, desexualize, castrate, asexualize, eunuchize

British Dictionary definitions for caponize

caponize

caponise

verb

(tr) to make (a cock) into a capon

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