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ˈspermatize, v.
[ad. F. spermatiser or med.L. spermatizāre, ad. Gr. σπερµατίζειν to sow, etc., f. σπερµατ-, stem of σπέρµα sperm n.]
†1. intr. To emit or produce sperm. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Spermatiser, to spermatize; to shed, eiect, or iniect sperme. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 149 Affirming that women do not spermatize,..he deductively includes both sexes in mankinde. 1725Bourne Antiq. Vulg. xxvii, In ancient Times the Dragons..did frequently..Spermatize in the Wells and Fountains. 1777Brand Pop. Antiq. xxvii. 281, I have nothing to observe here concerning Mr. Bourne's lustful Dragons, their spermatizing in the Wells,..&c.!
2. [Back-formation f. spermatization.] trans. Mycology. To effect spermatization upon. rare.
1932Mycologia XXIV. 347 Apothecia are produced only when the isolate from the crocus is used as a source of microconidia to spermatize any of the other six.
Also spermatiˈzation (see quot. 1932); ˈspermatizing ppl. a.
1932F. L. Drayton in Mycologia XXIV. 346 The development of apothecia by Sclerotium Gladioli..has been induced by means of placing the microconidia of one thallus on certain structures which develop on another thallus. This process may be called ‘spermatization’, and it will be so designated throughout this paper. 1945Ibid. XXXVII. 635 He attempted to intercross these four races by the spermatization method. 1967M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens iii. 42 The spermatizing element may be any hypha that can contact the ascogonium. 1970Cytologia XXXV. 427 The mechanism of spermatization in this fungus..is of a type not so far reported. |