transitive verb.
To make sexual in character or quality.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To separate by sex, or distinguish as sexed; confer the distinction of sex upon, as a word or a thought; give sex or gender to, as male or female. Also spelled sexualise.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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verb.
make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to
Word Usage
"Just like the public hand-wringing over the HPV vaccine and improved access to contraceptives and birth control, a lot of anxiety about precocious puberty deals with whether it will "sexualize" a generation of girls too early."