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1. Give a masculine appearance or character to
   "Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s"
   - masculinise [Brit]
    
2. Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
   "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl"
   - masculinise [Brit], virilize, virilise [Brit]

Derived forms: masculinized, masculinizes, masculinizing

See also: masculinization

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Masculinize