womanize

[woom-uh-nahyz]

wom·an·ize

[woom-uh-nahyz] verb, wom·an·ized, wom·an·iz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make effeminate.
verb (used without object)
2.
to pursue or court women habitually.

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Womanize is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to bark; yelp.
Also, especially British, wom·an·ise.


Origin:
1585–95; woman + -ize
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womanize or womanise (ˈwʊməˌnaɪz)
 
vb
1.  (intr) (of a man) to indulge in many casual affairs with women; philander
2.  (tr) to make effeminate
 
womanise or womanise
 
vb
 
'womanizer or womanise
 
n
 
'womaniser or womanise
 
n
 
'womanizing or womanise
 
n, —adj
 
'womanising or womanise
 
n, —adj

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