feminise


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feminise


Past participle: feminised
Gerund: feminising

Imperative
feminise
feminise
Present
I feminise
you feminise
he/she/it feminises
we feminise
you feminise
they feminise
Preterite
I feminised
you feminised
he/she/it feminised
we feminised
you feminised
they feminised
Present Continuous
I am feminising
you are feminising
he/she/it is feminising
we are feminising
you are feminising
they are feminising
Present Perfect
I have feminised
you have feminised
he/she/it has feminised
we have feminised
you have feminised
they have feminised
Past Continuous
I was feminising
you were feminising
he/she/it was feminising
we were feminising
you were feminising
they were feminising
Past Perfect
I had feminised
you had feminised
he/she/it had feminised
we had feminised
you had feminised
they had feminised
Future
I will feminise
you will feminise
he/she/it will feminise
we will feminise
you will feminise
they will feminise
Future Perfect
I will have feminised
you will have feminised
he/she/it will have feminised
we will have feminised
you will have feminised
they will have feminised
Future Continuous
I will be feminising
you will be feminising
he/she/it will be feminising
we will be feminising
you will be feminising
they will be feminising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been feminising
you have been feminising
he/she/it has been feminising
we have been feminising
you have been feminising
they have been feminising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been feminising
you will have been feminising
he/she/it will have been feminising
we will have been feminising
you will have been feminising
they will have been feminising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been feminising
you had been feminising
he/she/it had been feminising
we had been feminising
you had been feminising
they had been feminising
Conditional
I would feminise
you would feminise
he/she/it would feminise
we would feminise
you would feminise
they would feminise
Past Conditional
I would have feminised
you would have feminised
he/she/it would have feminised
we would have feminised
you would have feminised
they would have feminised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.feminise - assume (more) feminine characteristics; "feminized language"; "feminized frogs"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
2.feminise - to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
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References in classic literature ?
By destroying these particular instincts, that is to say by attempting to masculinise woman, and to feminise men, we jeopardise the future of our people.
This translates into enabling trans-gender people the right to change their name and gender on legal documents as well as the right for trans-genders to surgically feminise or masculinise themselves.
Using hormone therapy treatment and/or undergoing sex reassignment surgery to masculinise or feminise their body to conform to their gender identity can be the final medical step.
For her part, researcher at the National Institute of Statistics, Fadhila Najeh told TAP that the field study has shown that the justice sector in Tunisia continues to feminise over the last ten years.
Soy can cause cancer and "feminise men." These charges simply are not true, say researchers.
S'il est rajeuni et feminise, le gouvernement [beaucoup moins que] d'union nationale [beaucoup plus grand que], avec 26 minis-tres et 14 secretaires d'Etat, s'avere particulierement heteroclite et ne consolide que modestement son assise partisane.
It opens: Six days and two thousand miles I have watched the shafted rain Feminise the burning land, Cloaking with a green distress The cerulean and the ochre Of the season's ruthlessness.
She underwent 10 hours of life-saving surgery following reconstructive work to feminise her facial features at a clinic in Belgium two weeks ago.
Now, with the Sunday Mirror's revelations about the agonies she went through having surgery to feminise her face, there can be no doubting her commitment to her new life.
There are several cliched but touching moments where Lauren reaches out to Jim's daughters, often mistaken for boys with their male haircuts from the previous century, and tries to feminise them.
The last concern explains the general motivation to decorate the truck and to feminise it and endow it with bridal symbols.
Recent studies have shown that they may increase the risk of cancer, diabetes and obesity and there is even evidence they may feminise the brains of young boys.