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emasculate

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  • IPA /ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt/

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emasculate verb

  1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
  2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
  3. Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

Adjective

emasculate adjective

  1. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

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