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unsex

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un⋅sex

  [uhn-seks]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to deprive of sexual power; render impotent or frigid; spay or castrate.
2. to deprive (oneself or another) of the proper or appropriate character and qualities of one's sex, as by unnatural conduct.
Origin:
1595–1605; un- 2 + sex
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un·sex   (ŭn-sěks')   
tr.v.   un·sexed, un·sex·ing, un·sex·es

  1. To deprive of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.

  2. To castrate.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: un·sex
Pronunciation: -'seks
Function: transitive verb
: to deprive of sexual qualities or characteristics; especially : CASTRATE 1a
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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