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Unsex

verb
(past & past part. unsexed; pres. part. unsexing)
1.
Deprive of sex or sexual powers.
2.
Remove the qualities typical of one's sex.
3.
Make infertile.  Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize.





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"Unsex" Quotes from Famous Books



... politely this time. P'raps next time I'll demand it. Unsex me? Aha! I am willing to wager Stonehenge To a pebble, when canvassing's wanted, I'll ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, May 14, 1892 • Various
... life in lovely woman first, And after life true honour should be dear; Nay, wanting honour—of all wants the worst— Friend! nought remains of loved or lovely here. And who, alas! has honour's barrier burst, Unsex'd and dead, though fair she yet appear, Leads a vile life, in shame and torment curst, A lingering death, where all is dark and drear. To me no marvel was Lucretia's end, Save that she needed, when that last disgrace Alone sufficed to kill, a sword to die. Sophists in ...
— The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch • Petrarch


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