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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of masculinise.

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Examples

  • I've been involved a little on a CAH Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia support forum - CAH is an Intersex condition that masculinises females.

    A Nose By Any Other Name Would Smell Zoe Brain 2008

  • One feminises a masculine base, the other masculinises a feminine base, to over-simplify.

    Year Three Zoe Brain 2008

  • Developing males produce testosterone, which circulates in the mother's uterus; this male sex hormone "masculinises" the females.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Then I looked it up, and looked it up somewhere else, and did some additional reading, and looked it up again ... etc. τέκνα θεοῦ means "children of God"; the original uses the more inclusive term and the King James Version masculinises it unnecessarily.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Then I looked it up, and looked it up somewhere else, and did some additional reading, and looked it up again ... etc. τέκνα θεοῦ means "children of God"; the original uses the more inclusive term and the King James Version masculinises it unnecessarily.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • "The study highlights for the first time the association between foetal testosterone and autistic traits, and indicates that foetal testosterone not only masculinises the body, it masculinises the mind," he said.

    Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2009

  • The study highlights for the first time the association between foetal testosterone and autistic traits, and indicates that foetal testosterone not only masculinises the body, it masculinises the mind and therefore the brain, said Baron-Cohen.

    Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Then I looked it up, and looked it up somewhere else, and did some additional reading, and looked it up again ... etc. τέκνα θεοῦ means "children of God"; the original uses the more inclusive term and the King James Version masculinises it unnecessarily.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Thersites 2009

  • The study highlights for the first time the association between foetal testosterone and autistic traits, and indicates that foetal testosterone not only masculinises the body, it masculinises the mind and therefore the brain, said Baron-Cohen.

    Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • The study highlights for the first time the association between foetal testosterone and autistic traits, and indicates that foetal testosterone not only masculinises the body, it masculinises the mind and therefore the brain, said Baron-Cohen.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2009

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