Unsex

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unsex \Un*sex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unsexed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Unsexing}.] [1st pref. un- + sex.]
     To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex;
     esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or
     the like; as, to unsex a woman.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unsex
       v 1: deprive of sex or sexual powers
       2: remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed
          herself"
       3: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically
          transmissible disbilites are sterilized" [syn: {sterilize},
           {sterilise}, {desex}, {desexualize}, {desexualise}, {fix}]