spermatize
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin spermatizare (“to spermatize”), possibly via French spermatiser, from Ancient Greek σπερματίζειν (spermatízein, “to sow, to 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)
References
- "spermatize, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- spermatize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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