spermatize

English

Alternative forms

• spermatise

Etymology

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

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

1. (obsolete) To produce or emit sperm.
   • 1611, Randle Cotgrave, “Spermatiser”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues:

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

References

• "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.