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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. ``Emasculate slave.'' --Hammond. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emasculate adj : having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: {effeminate}, {epicene}, {cissy}, {sissified}, {sissyish}, {sissy}] v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" 2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: {castrate}, {demasculinize}]
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