GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Neuter , a. [L., fr. ne not + uter whether; akin to E. whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither.]
   Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic]
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   In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter.
   South.
   
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   (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.
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   (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
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   Neuter, n.
   A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
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   The world's no neuter; it will wound or save.
   Young.
   
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   (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.
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   (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.
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   neuter , 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.
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