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emasculate
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emasculate
(gcide) | emasculate \e*mas"cu*late\, a.
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate
slave." --Hammond.
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Emasculate
(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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emasculate
(wn) | emasculate
adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate,
emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified,
sissyish, sissy]
v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the
law" [syn: emasculate, castrate]
2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate,
castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise] |
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emasculated
(encz) | emasculated, adj: |
Emasculate
(gcide) | emasculate \e*mas"cu*late\, a.
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate
slave." --Hammond.
[1913 Webster]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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emasculated
(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]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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Emasculated
(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]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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emasculated
(wn) | emasculated
adj 1: (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut
horse" [syn: cut, emasculated, gelded] |
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