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CAPONISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they caponise ... he / she / it caponises
Past simple: caponised
Past participle: caponised
-ing form: caponising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert a cock into a capon
Synonyms:
caponise; caponize
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "caponise" is one way to...):
castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
capon (castrated male chicken)
