'Emasculating' definitions:
Definition of 'Emasculating'
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]