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caponize

[key-puh-nahyz]
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verb (used with object), ca·pon·ized, ca·pon·iz·ing.

to castrate (a fowl).

RELATED WORDS

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