Hypertext Webster Gateway: "castrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
castrate
n : a man who has been castrated and is incapable of
reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: {eunuch}]
v : remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: {emasculate}, {demasculinize}]
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