"sissify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪ.səˌfaɪ/ [General-American] Forms: sissifies [present, singular, third-person], sissifying [participle, present], sissified [participle, past], sissified [past]
Etymology: From sissy + -fy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sissy|fy}} sissy + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} sissify (third-person singular simple present sissifies, present participle sissifying, simple past and past participle sissified)
  1. (transitive) To make sissy; to emasculate. Tags: transitive Related terms: sissification Translations (to make sissy; to emasculate.): verwijven (Dutch), ontmannen (Dutch), efféminer (French), émasculer (French), verweichlichen (German), entmannen (German), emaskulieren (German)

Inflected forms

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