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, virilize, virilise • Derivationally related forms: virilization (for: virilize), masculinization (for: masculinize) • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Verb Group: masculinize • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody