Definition of emasculate Emasculate
/ʌmæˈskjulɪt/ - [umatskyulit] - e•mas•cu•late
We found 13 definitions of emasculate from 6 different sources.
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What does emasculate mean?
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| emasculate - remove the testicles of a male animal | ||
| castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise | ||
| desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | ||
| caponise, caponize convert a cock into a capon | ||
| geld, cut cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" | ||
| emasculate - deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" | ||
| castrate | ||
| weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- emasculate (v. t.)
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. - emasculate (v. t.)
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. - emasculate (a.)
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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emasculate
To remove the testicles (and sometimes penis) of a male animal or to render the testicles unfunctional. -
emasculate
To deprive of strength or vigor. -
emasculate
Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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emasculate
e-mas′kū-lāt, v.t. to deprive of the properties of a male: to castrate: to deprive of masculine vigour: to render effeminate.—ns. Emasculā′tion; Emas′culātor.—adj. Emas′culātory. [Low L. emasculāre, -ātum—e, neg., masculus, dim. of mas, a male.]
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🔤- emasculate, verb, present, 1st person singular of emasculate (infinitive).
- emasculate, verb (infinitive).
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