masculate

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make strong. obsolete,transitive
    — Great spiders watched his toil with globose eyes, And pined with empty masculated jaws

词形变化

masculates present,singular,third-person masculating participle,present masculated participle,past masculated past

词源

First attested in 1623; either from Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or a back-formation from emasculate.
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