| emasculate | 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. 2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. "Luxury had not emasculated their minds." (V. Knox) Origin: L. Emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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