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unsex
un·sex
/
ʌnˈsɛks
/
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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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unsex
(ʌnˈsɛks)
—
vb
literary
chiefly
to deprive (a person) of the attributes of his or her sex, esp to make a woman more callous
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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"Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts,
unsex
me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood,
Stop up th'access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
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