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desexualize

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sex⋅u⋅al⋅ize

  [sek-shoo-uh-lahyz or, especially Brit., seks-yoo-]
Use desexualize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
Also, especially British, sex⋅u⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1830–40; sexual + -ize

Related forms:
sex⋅u⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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de·sex·u·al·ize   (dē-sěk'shōō-ə-līz')   
tr.v.   de·sex·u·al·ized, de·sex·u·al·iz·ing, de·sex·u·al·iz·es

  1. To take away the sexual quality of.

  2. To desex.

de·sex'u·al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: de·sex·u·al·ize
Variant: or British de·sex·u·al·ise /(')dE-'seksh-(&-)w&-"lIz,-'sek-sh&-"lIz/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ized or British -ised; -iz·ing or British -is·ing
1 : to deprive of sexual characters or power
2 : to divest of sexual quality —de·sex·u·al·iza·tion orBritish de·sex·u·al·isa·tion /(")dE-"seksh-(&-)w&-l&-'zA-sh&n, -"sek-sh&-l&-/ noun

Main Entry: sex·u·al·ize
Variant: also British sex·u·al·ise /'seksh-(&-)w&-"lIz, 'sek-sh&-"lIz/
Function:transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ized also British -ised; -iz·ing also British -is·ing
: to make sexual : endow with a sexual character or quality —sex·u·al·iza·tion also British sex·u·al·isa·tion /"seksh-(&-)w&-l&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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