emasculate
[verb ih-mas-kyuh-leyt; adjective ih-mas-kyuh-lit, -leyt]
verb (used with object), e·mas·cu·lat·ed, e·mas·cu·lat·ing.
to castrate.
to deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
adjective
deprived of or lacking strength or vigor; effeminate.
Origin of emasculate
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for emasculation
Historical Examples of emasculation
They are lost or never gained by the males after emasculation.
They talk of the emasculation of the staff as a future danger.
Home Life in GermanyMrs. Alfred Sidgwick
Emasculation was a necessary first condition of service in her worship.
The Satyricon, CompletePetronius Arbiter
The time required after covering depends, of course, on the age of the bud when emasculation takes place.
Manual of American Grape-GrowingU. P. Hedrick
The first task in crossing grapes is to remove the anthers before the flower opens, a process known as emasculation.
Manual of American Grape-GrowingU. P. Hedrick
emasculate
verb (ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt) (tr)
adjective (ɪˈmæskjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
Word Origin for emasculate
C17: from Latin ēmasculāre, from masculus male; see masculine
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
emasculate
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
emasculation
[ĭ-măs′kyə-lā′shən]
n.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.