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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of masturbari

masturbate

 verb
     
mas‧tur‧bate [intransitive and transitive]
to give yourself or another person sexual pleasure by touching or rubbing the sexual organs
—masturbation noun [uncountable]
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