unboyv.
1. intransitive. To grow out of boyhood.
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the world > people > person > adult > be adult [verb (intransitive)] > become adult > become adult man
bearda1425
to wax to man's estate1590
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to write oneself man1641
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sgarzonare, to become from a boy to a man, to vnboy, to vnlackie.
2. transitive. To divest of boyishness; to make a man of.
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the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > make a man of [verb (transitive)]
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1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 430 He began to say..that it was now time to unboy him, by putting him into some action and acquaintance with business.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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