"muscularize" meaning in English

See muscularize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: muscularizes [present, singular, third-person], muscularizing [participle, present], muscularized [participle, past], muscularized [past]
Etymology: From muscular + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|muscular|ize}} muscular + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} muscularize (third-person singular simple present muscularizes, present participle muscularizing, simple past and past participle muscularized)
  1. To increase the size of the muscles.
    Sense id: en-muscularize-en-verb-7S2n9WjV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
  2. (transitive) To make (something) more masculine, virile, or militaristic. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-muscularize-en-verb-Ao2QnOG5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: muscularise

Inflected forms

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