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1. (v.t.) emasculate
to castrate.
2. emasculate
to deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
3. (adj.) emasculate
deprived of strength or vigor; gelded.
Etymology: (1600–10; < L ēmasculātus, ptp. of ēmasculāre=ē-e - +-masculāre, der. of māsculusmale)
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1. (verb) effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy
having unsuitable feminine qualities
2. (verb) emasculate, castrate
deprive of strength or vigor
"The Senate emasculated the law"
3. (verb) emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
remove the testicles of a male animal
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1. (adj) emasculate
deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak
2. (verb) emasculate
to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld
3. (verb) emasculate
to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness
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