emasculate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin emasculare, from e- + masculus (‘male, masculine’)

[edit] Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭ.măsʹkyə.lāt', IPA: /ɪˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/, SAMPA: /I"m{s.kj@%leIt/

[edit] Adjective

emasculate (comparative more emasculate, superlative most emasculate)

Positive
emasculate

Comparative
more emasculate

Superlative
most emasculate
  1. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

[edit] Translations

to castrate


[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to emasculate

Third person singular
emasculates

Simple past
emasculated

Past participle
emasculated

Present participle
emasculating

to emasculate (third-person singular simple present emasculates, present participle emasculating, simple past and past participle emasculated)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld.
  2. (transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

[edit] Translations

to castrate
to weaken

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