neuter

n. [ Either fr. G. fütterer feeder, or corrupted fr. OF. vautrier, vaultrier; fr. vaultre, viautre, a kind of hound, fr. L. vertragus, vertraga, a greyhound. The last is of Celtic origin. ] A dog keeper. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L., fr. ne not + uter whether; akin to E. whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither. ] 1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) (a) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender. (b) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world's no neuter; it will wound or save. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) (a) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. (b) An intransitive verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

adj. Deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.
Syn. -- altered, castrated, unsexed, fixed, apayed, desexed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]