mascu-, mas-

(Latin: male, manly, of or relating to men or boys; of the male sex and gender; bold, courageous)

emasculate

1. Castrated, deprived of virility.
2. To make unmanly, deprive of vigor; to make weak, effeminate.
3. To have one&$146;s manhood taken away.
4. To make effeminate and cowardly; to enfeeble, impoverish (such as, language).

masculate

To make masculine.

masculine: male, males

1. Of or pertaining to the gender to which appellations of males normally belong.
2. Pertaining to the male sex; peculiar to or assigned to males; consisting of males.
3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of men or boys; male.

masculinity

1. The quality or condition of being masculine.
2. Things characteristic of the male sex.

masculinize

To render masculine or more masculine in nature, form, or character.Masculine (but not male); of male form or appearance

masculinoid

Masculine (but not male); of male form or appearance; appearing like a male, or similar, to a male.

unmasculate

1. To have one&$146;s manhood taken away.
2. To make effeminate and cowardly; to enfeeble.

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mascu-, mas-

(Latin: male, manly, of or relating to men or boys; of the male sex and gender; bold, courageous)

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