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Source: 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.

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2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to
render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

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Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.

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Source: gcide
emasculated \emasculated\ adj.
1. having the testicles removed; -- of a male animal.

Syn: cut, gelded, sexless.
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2. deprived of virility, vigor, or manly character.
[PJC]

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