spermatize
English edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
spermatize (third-person singular simple present spermatizes, present participle spermatizing, simple past and past participle spermatized)
References edit
- "spermatize, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “spermatize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.