castrate

castrate
castration, n.castrator, n.
/kas"trayt/, v., castrated, castrating, n.
v.t.
1. to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
2. to remove the ovaries of.
3. Psychol. 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.
n.
5. a castrated person or animal.
[1605-15; < L castratus ptp. of castrare to geld, equiv. to castr- geld + -atus -ATE1]

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  • castrate — [kas′trāt΄] vt. castrated, castrating [< L castratus, pp. of castrare, to castrate, prune: for IE base see CASTE] 1. a) to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld b) Rare to remove the ovaries of; spay 2. to deprive of essential virility,… …   English World dictionary

  • castrate — (v.) 1610s (implied in castrated), back formation from CASTRATION (Cf. castration) (q.v.). The figurative sense is attested earlier (1550s). Related: Castrating …   Etymology dictionary

  • castrate — *sterilize, spay, emasculate, alter, mutilate, geld, caponize …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • castrate — [v] remove sexual organs alter, asexualize, caponize, change, cut, deprive of virility, desexualize, emasculate, eunuchize, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex; concept 310 …   New thesaurus

  • castrate — ► VERB 1) remove the testicles of. 2) deprive of power or vigour. DERIVATIVES castration noun castrator noun. ORIGIN Latin castrare …   English terms dictionary

  • castrate — To remove the testicles or the ovaries. [L. castro, pp. atus, to deprive of generative power (male or female)] * * * cas·trate kas .trāt vt, cas·trat·ed; cas·trat·ing 1 a) to deprive of the testes: GELD b) to deprive of the ovaries: SPAY …   Medical dictionary

  • castrate — [[t]kæstre͟ɪt, AM kæ̱streɪt[/t]] castrates, castrating, castrated VERB To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles. [V n] In the ancient world, it was probably rare to castrate a dog or cat. [V ed] ...a castrated male horse.… …   English dictionary

  • castrate — UK [kæˈstreɪt] / US [ˈkæˌstreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms castrate : present tense I/you/we/they castrate he/she/it castrates present participle castrating past tense castrated past participle castrated to remove the testicles (= the pair of… …   English dictionary

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  • castrate — transitive verb (castrated; castrating) Etymology: Latin castratus, past participle of castrare; akin to Greek keazein to split, Sanskrit śasati he slaughters Date: 1554 1. to render impotent or deprive of vitality especially by psy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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