spermatize

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verb

To produce or emit sperm.

OriginLatin spermatizare ← French spermatiser ← Ancient Greek σπερματίζειν →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person spermatizes · participle present spermatizing · participle past spermatized · past spermatized · alternative spermatise

  1. obsoleteTo produce or emit sperm.

    ... to spermatize; to shed, eiect, or iniect sperme.

    1611, Randle Cotgrave, “Spermatiser”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσπερματίζειν“to sow, spread seed upon”
  2. Frenchspermatiser
  3. Latinspermatizare“to spermatize”
  4. Englishspermatize

From Latin spermatizare (“to spermatize”), possibly via French spermatiser, from Ancient Greek σπερματίζειν (spermatízein, “to sow, spread seed upon”), from σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, sperm”). By surface analysis, spermat- + -ize.

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APA

spermatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spermatize

MLA

“spermatize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spermatize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spermatize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spermatize.

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