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Castrate

Castrate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Castrate? [n] a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [v] remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [v] remove the testicles of a male animal [v] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [v] deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Castrate: alter \| bowdlerise \| bowdlerize \| demasculinise \| demasculinize \| emasculate \| emasculate \| eunuch \| expurgate \| neuter \| shorten \| spay Related Terms \| Find terms related to Castrate: alter \| beat down \| bleed \| break \| browbeat \| bulldoze \| bully \| change \| clamp down on \| coerce \| compel \| cow \| cripple \| daunt \| demasculinize \| desex \| desexualize \| despotize \| devitalize \| disable \| domineer \| domineer over \| drain \| effeminate \| effeminatize \| effeminize \| emasculate \| empty \| enervate \| enslave \| etiolate \| eunuchize \| exhaust \| fix \| geld \| grind \| grind down \| hamstring \| henpeck \| hobble \| incapacitate \| intimidate \| keep down \| keep under \| lame \| lord it over \| maim \| mutilate \| neuter \| oppress \| overawe \| overbear \| overmaster \| override \| press heavy on \| repress \| ride over \| ride roughshod over \| sissify \| soften \| spay \| sterilize \| subjugate \| suppress \| terrorize \| trample down \| trample upon \| tread down \| tread upon \| tyrannize \| tyrannize over \| unman \| unnerve \| unsex \| unstring \| walk all over \| walk over \| weigh heavy on \| wing \| womanize See Also \| abbreviate \| abridge \| adult male \| caponise \| caponize \| contract \| cut \| defeminise \| defeminize \| desex \| desexualise \| desexualize \| fix \| foreshorten \| geld \| man \| reduce \| sterilise \| sterilize \| unsex \| weaken Castrate In Webster's Dictionary \Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Castrating}.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. 2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. --Spectator.

Castrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Castrate?

[n] a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"
[v] remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
[v] remove the testicles of a male animal
[v] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
[v] deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"

Castrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castrated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Castrating}.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to
castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to
   alter.

2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or
   objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to
   expurgate.

         My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
         following letter, which I have castrated in some
         places.                               --Spectator.

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