GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   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]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   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]