Thesaurus: emasculate

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1. v. t. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
2. v. t. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
3. a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
4. adj. having unsuitable feminine qualities
5. v. deprive of strength or vigor
6. v. remove the testicles of a male animal
7. 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. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.
8. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculateslave." Hammond.
9. v:100 v. deprive of strength or vigor v. remove the testicles of a male animal