virilifyv.
/vɪˈrɪlɪfʌɪ/ transitive. To make virile or manly.
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virilify1849
1849 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 66 647 It is merely his manhood that quails, which his wife has to virilify.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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v.1849- to think it strange concerning
- to think it strange of
- to think it wonder
- to think lewdly of
- to think light of
- to think long
- to think lowly of
- to think meanly of
- to think much
- to think no more ofthan
- to think no scathe of
- to think nothing of
- to think on one's feet
- to think one is god almighty
- to think one knows it all
- to think one owns the place
- to think one's penny good silver
- to think one's penny silver
- to think one's shit doesn't stink
- to think out
- to think out loud
- to think outside the box
- to think over
- to think proper
- to think scathe of