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   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.
   
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   2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
   
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   Luxury had not emasculated their minds. V. Knox.
   
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   emasculate (?), a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. “Emasculate slave.”  Hammond.
   
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