From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
neuter \neu"ter\, v. t.
To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or
alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to
fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to {castrate}; in female
animals, to {spay}.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Castrate \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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or
objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to
expurgate.
[1913 Webster]
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
following letter, which I have castrated in some
places. --Spectator.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
castrate
n 1: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of
reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: {eunuch},
{castrate}]
v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the
law" [syn: {emasculate}, {castrate}]
2: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: {bowdlerize}, {bowdlerise},
{expurgate}, {castrate}, {shorten}]
3: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: {emasculate},
{castrate}, {demasculinize}, {demasculinise}]
4: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: {alter},
{neuter}, {spay}, {castrate}]
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