"caponize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: caponizes [present, singular, third-person], caponizing [participle, present], caponized [participle, past], caponized [past]
Etymology: From capon + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|capon|ize}} capon + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} caponize (third-person singular simple present caponizes, present participle caponizing, simple past and past participle caponized)
  1. (transitive) To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use. Tags: transitive Categories (lifeform): Chickens Derived forms: caponizer Translations (to castrate a cockerel): caponar (Catalan), kapoeneren (Dutch), een haan lubben (Dutch), chaponner (French), kapaunen (German), kapaunisieren (German), Junghähne kappen (German), capponare (Italian), accapponare (Italian), kapunera (Swedish), caponar (Venetian), negenükön (Volapük), negenükön gokülemi (Volapük), negenükön goküli (Volapük)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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