spermatize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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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