caponize


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Related to caponize: canonize, cockerels

caponize

(ˈkeɪpəˌnaɪz) or

caponise

vb
(Agriculture) (tr) to make (a cock) into a capon
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caponize


Past participle: caponized
Gerund: caponizing

Imperative
caponize
caponize
Present
I caponize
you caponize
he/she/it caponizes
we caponize
you caponize
they caponize
Preterite
I caponized
you caponized
he/she/it caponized
we caponized
you caponized
they caponized
Present Continuous
I am caponizing
you are caponizing
he/she/it is caponizing
we are caponizing
you are caponizing
they are caponizing
Present Perfect
I have caponized
you have caponized
he/she/it has caponized
we have caponized
you have caponized
they have caponized
Past Continuous
I was caponizing
you were caponizing
he/she/it was caponizing
we were caponizing
you were caponizing
they were caponizing
Past Perfect
I had caponized
you had caponized
he/she/it had caponized
we had caponized
you had caponized
they had caponized
Future
I will caponize
you will caponize
he/she/it will caponize
we will caponize
you will caponize
they will caponize
Future Perfect
I will have caponized
you will have caponized
he/she/it will have caponized
we will have caponized
you will have caponized
they will have caponized
Future Continuous
I will be caponizing
you will be caponizing
he/she/it will be caponizing
we will be caponizing
you will be caponizing
they will be caponizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been caponizing
you have been caponizing
he/she/it has been caponizing
we have been caponizing
you have been caponizing
they have been caponizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been caponizing
you will have been caponizing
he/she/it will have been caponizing
we will have been caponizing
you will have been caponizing
they will have been caponizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been caponizing
you had been caponizing
he/she/it had been caponizing
we had been caponizing
you had been caponizing
they had been caponizing
Conditional
I would caponize
you would caponize
he/she/it would caponize
we would caponize
you would caponize
they would caponize
Past Conditional
I would have caponized
you would have caponized
he/she/it would have caponized
we would have caponized
you would have caponized
they would have caponized
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.caponize - convert a cock into a capon
demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate - remove the testicles of a male animal
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We also caponize a fair number of cockerels and roosters
It's obvious that nobody at GMA wants to kill or caponize the goose that's been laying all those golden eggs-but, how much longer can the story be stretched out before more people huffily snort, Enough!?
The man I learned to caponize from did it as a spring job for years.