Akademik

caponise

verb

convert a cock into a capon

• Syn: ↑caponize

• Derivationally related forms: ↑capon, ↑capon (for: ↑caponize)

• Hypernyms: ↑emasculate, ↑castrate, ↑demasculinize, ↑demasculinise

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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cāˈponize or cāˈponise transitive verb

To make (a cock) into a capon by castration

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Main Entry: ↑capon

Useful english dictionary. 2012.