v. t.
n.;
Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman. Gen. ii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. J. Ledyard. [ 1913 Webster ]
Man is destined to be a prey to woman. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Woman hater,
n.
Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Perhaps the smile and the tender tone
Came out of her pitying womanhood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. Same as womanize. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]
a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate. “ Thy tears are womanish.” Shak. “ Womanish entreaties.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [ Obs. ] V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To seek the company of women with unusual frequency, especially for purposes of sexual intimacy.
n. One who womanizes; a philanderer. [ PJC ]
n. The females of the human race; women, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent access. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]