English Explanatory Dictionary

spermatize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To produce or emit sperm.

Word forms

spermatize spermatizes spermatizing spermatized 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”). By surface analysis, spermat- + -ize.

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