'Emasculate' definitions:

Definition of 'emasculate'

From: WordNet
adjective
Having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy]
verb
Deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" [syn: emasculate, castrate]
verb
Remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise]

Definition of 'Emasculate'

From: GCIDE
  • Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]
  • 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [1913 Webster]
  • Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'emasculate'

From: GCIDE
  • emasculate \e*mas"cu*late\, a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." --Hammond. [1913 Webster]

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