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caponize

[key-puh-nahyz]

verb (used with object), ca·pon·ized, ca·pon·iz·ing.

to castrate (a fowl).

Also, especially British, ca·pon·ise.

Origin:
1645–55; capon + -ize

Related forms

ca·pon·i·za·tion, noun

ca·pon·iz·er, noun

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caponize or caponise (ˈkeɪpəˌnaɪz)

—vb
	(tr) to make (a cock) into a capon

caponise or caponise

—vb

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