About The Word Castrate

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Castrate

Castrate Meaning & Definition
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.

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