| n. | 1. | The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female. | |||
| 2. | One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female. | ||||
| 3. | (Bot.) The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized;
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| Noun | 1. | sex - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" |
| 2. | sex - either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes" | |
| 3. | sex - all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence" Synonyms: sexual urge | |
| 4. | sex - the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus" | |
| Verb | 1. | sex - stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" |
| 2. | sex - tell the sex (of young chickens) |
SEX. The physical difference between male and female in animals.
2. In the human species the male is called man, (q.v.) and the female,
woman. (q.v.) Some human beings whose sexual organs are somewhat imperfect,
have acquired the name of hermaphrodite. (q.v.)
3. In the civil state the sex creates a difference among individuals.
Women cannot generally be elected or appointed to offices or service in
public capacities. In this our law agrees with that of other nations. The
civil law excluded women from all offices civil or public: Faemintae ab
omnibus officiis civilibus vel publicis remotae sunt. Dig. 50, 17, 2. The
principal reason of this exclusion is to encourage that modesty which is
natural to the female sex, and which renders them unqualified to mix and
contend with men; the pretended weakness of the sex is not probably the true
reason. Poth. Des Personnes, tit. 5; Wood's Inst. 12; Civ. Code of Louis.
art. 24; 1 Beck's Med. Juris. 94. Vide Gender; Male; Man; Women; Worthiest
of blood.
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