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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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Word Origin & History

castration 
c.1420, from L. castrationem, agent noun of castrare "to castrate, prune," related to *castrum "knife," from PIE base *kes- "to cut." Hence castrato (pl. castrati), borrowed 1763 from the It. form of the word. Freud's castration complex is 1914 in Eng.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2castrate
Function: noun
: a castrated individual
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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.

castration cas·tra·tion (kā-strā'shən)
n.

  1. Removal of the testicles or ovaries; sterilization.

  2. A psychological disorder that is manifested in the female as the fantasized loss of the penis or in the male as fear of its actual loss.

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