EMASCULATING

Verb

emasculating

present participle of emasculate

Source: Wiktionary


EMASCULATE

E*mas"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] Etym: [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]

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.

E*mas"cu*late, a.

Definition: Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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