What is the meaning of masculinize?

verb

  • Give a masculine appearance or character to.
    • usage: "Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s"
  • Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy.
    • usage: "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl"
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