verb (used with object)
1.
to deprive of sexual power; render impotent or frigid; spay or castrate.
2.
to deprive (oneself or another) of the proper or appropriate character and qualities of one's sex, as by unnatural conduct.
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| —vb | |
| literary chiefly to deprive (a person) of the attributes of his or her sex, esp to make a woman more callous | |
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