1. produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy; - Example: "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl" [syn: masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
virilise
v 1: produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine
characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone
therapy; "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl" [syn:
masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise]