| Emasculate | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [ 1913 Webster ] Luxury had not emasculated their minds. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| emasculate | a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. “Emasculate slave.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| emasculated | adj. 1. having the testicles removed; -- of a male animal. Syn. -- cut, gelded, sexless. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. deprived of virility, vigor, or manly character. [ PJC ] |
| emasculation | n. 1. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Emasculator | n. [ L. ] One who, or that which, emasculates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Emasculatory | a. Serving or tending to emasculate. [ 1913 Webster ] |