spermatize

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin spermatizare (to spermatize), possibly via French spermatiser, from Ancient Greek σπερματίζειν (spermatízein, to sow, spread seed upon), from σπέρμα (spérma, seed, sperm).

Verb

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spermatize (third-person singular simple present spermatizes, present participle spermatizing, simple past and past participle spermatized)

  1. (obsolete) To produce or emit sperm.
    • 1611, Randle Cotgrave, “Spermatiser”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues:
      ... to spermatize; to shed, eiect, or iniect sperme.

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