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cas⋅trate

  [kas-treyt] verb, -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
2. to remove the ovaries of.
3. Psychology. to render impotent, literally or metaphorically, by psychological means, esp. by threatening a person's masculinity or femininity.
4. to deprive of strength, power, or efficiency; weaken: Without those ten new submarines, our navy will be castrated.
–noun
5. a castrated person or animal.
Origin:
1605–15; < L castrātus ptp. of castrāre to geld, equiv. to castr- geld + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
cas⋅tra⋅tion, noun
cas⋅tra⋅tor, noun
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cas·trate   (kās'trāt')   
tr.v.   cas·trat·ed, cas·trat·ing, cas·trates
  1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.
  2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.
  3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.
n.  An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.

[Latin castrāre, castrāt-; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]
cas'trat·er, cas'tra·tor n., cas·tra'tion n.
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Castrate

Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]

1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.

My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. --Spectator.
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Language Translation for : castrate
Spanish: castrar,
German: kastrieren,
Japanese: 去勢する
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Main Entry: 1cas·trate
Pronunciation: 'kas-"trAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: cas·trat·ed;cas·trat·ing
1 a : to deprive of the testes : GELD b : todeprive of the ovaries : SPAY
2 : to render impotent or deprive of vitality especially bypsychological means castrate and destroy him —Harold Clurman> castrating spouse> —cas·trat·er or cas·tra·tor /-&r/ noun —cas·tra·tion /kas-'trA-sh&n/ noun

Main Entry: 2castrate
Function: noun
: a castrated individual
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castrate cas·trate (kās'trāt')
v. cas·trat·ed, cas·trat·ing, cas·trates

  1. To remove the testicles of a male; emasculate.
  2. To remove the ovaries of a female; spay.

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