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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British Dictionary definitions for caponize

caponize

caponise

verb

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

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