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emasculate
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emasculate
v.
castrate; weaken
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Emasculation
Emasculation is the removal of the penis and the testicles, the external male sex organs. Removal of the testicles alone is termed castration. Emasculation was a form of punishment in Medieval Europe and sometimes formed part of the process of being hanged, drawn and quartered.
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emasculate
Verb
1. deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"
(synonym) castrate
(hypernym) weaken
(derivation) emasculation
2. remove the testicles of a male animal
(synonym) castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
(hypernym) sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
(hyponym) caponize, caponise
(derivation) castration, emasculation
Adjective
1. having unsuitable feminine qualities
(synonym) effeminate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy
(similar) unmanly, unmanful, unmanlike
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emasculare
v.
emasculate, castrate; weaken
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Download this dictionary |
Emasculate
(v. t.)
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
(v. t.)
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
(a.)
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
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