menstruate

1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To stain with or as if with menses.obsoleteraretransitive

2. (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.Examples: "A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all."; "Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean"."; "Fortunately, there’s early signs of a “wokelash” from institutions that won’t cower to this nonsense. When staff at publisher Hachette threatened to down tools because they regarded JK Rowling as a toxic transphobe for a tweet mocking “people” who menstruate instead of “women”, management pushed back saying they couldn’t refuse to work on a book because they disagree with the author’s views."Synonyms: be on one's period, be on the ragintransitive