emasculate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin emasculō, from e- (“away, out of”) + masculus (“male”) + -ō (verbal suffix).
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[edit] Adjective
emasculate (comparative more emasculate, superlative most emasculate)
[edit] Translations
castrated, emasculated
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[edit] Verb
emasculate (third-person singular simple present emasculates, present participle emasculating, simple past and past participle emasculated)
- (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld.
- (transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
[edit] Translations
to castrate
to weaken
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.