v. [f. CAPON sb. + -IZE.] trans. To make a capon of; to castrate.
1654. Gayton, Festiv. Notes, IV. ii. 180. [To] dishonour a Cock of his spurrs: that is to Caponize the gallant spirit of the Creature.
1736. Bailey, Houshold Dict., 140. These bustards may likewise be caponiz’d, as well as turkeys, to make them larger.
1859. R. Burton, Centr. Afr., in Jrnl. R. G. S., XXIX. 350. The habit of caponizing cattle and poultry prevailed … before the arrival of the Arabs.
