verb (used with object), mas·cu·lin·ized, mas·cu·lin·iz·ing.
- Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- to make masculine in character, quality, or appearance: The presence of two large leather sofas seemed to masculinize the whole room.
verb
- to make or become masculine, esp to cause (a woman) to show male secondary sexual characteristics as a result of taking steroids
v.
- To give a masculine appearance or character to.
- To cause a female to assume masculine characteristics, as through hormonal imbalance.