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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CASTRATE, v.t.
1. To geld; to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate.
2. To take away or retrench, as the obscene parts of a writing.
3. To take out a leaf or sheet from a book, and render it imperfect.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: eunuch, castrate] v
1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" [syn: emasculate, castrate]
2: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]
3: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise]
4: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter, neuter, spay, castrate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (castrated; castrating) Etymology: Latin castratus, past participle of castrare; akin to Greek keazein to split, Sanskrit ?asati he slaughters Date: 1554 1. to render impotent or deprive of vitality especially by psychological means 2. a. to deprive of the testes ; geld b. to deprive of the ovaries ; spay • castrate noun • castration noun • castrator noun • castratory adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 remove the testicles of; geld. 2 deprive of vigour. Derivatives: castration n. castrator n. Etymology: L castrare

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Castrate Cas"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. 2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. --Spectator.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(castrates, castrating, castrated) To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles. In the ancient world, it was probably rare to castrate a dog or cat. ...a castrated male horse. VERB: V n, V-ed • castration (castrations) ...the castration of male farm animals. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Geld, emasculate, glib, deprive, of virility, make a eunuch. 2. Deprive of vigor, mortify, suppress, subdue, weaken, take the life out of.

Moby Thesaurus

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