v. [f. FEMALE a. + -IZE.]

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  † 1.  intr. To become effeminate or unmanly. Obs.

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1674.  T. Duffett, Sp. Rogue, II. Men are so Femaliz’d, so idle grown, They court the Coy, and slight what may be won.

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  2.  trans. To give a feminine designation or ending to. [See quots. for ppl. a.]

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  Hence Femalized ppl. a.

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1709.  Shaftesb., Freedom of Wit & Humour (1711), I. III. § 1. 105, note. When they consider … the very Formation of the word Κοινονοημοσύνη upon the Model of the other femaliz’d Virtues, the Εὐγνωμοσύνη, Σωφροσύνη, Δικαιοσύνη, ect., they will no longer hesitate on this Interpretation.

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1887.  N. & Q., 7th Ser. III. 95. The following femalized Christian names: Alexandrina, Andrewina … and Williamina.

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