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muscularize

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To increase the size of the muscles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I need to lift weights & muscularize my chest—it's still so sunken in.

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verb

Meaning 2

To make (something) more masculine, virile, or militaristic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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History

Etymology

From muscular + -ize.