Hypertext Webster Gateway: "castrated"

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)

castrated
adj : deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes [syn: {unsexed}]
[ant: {uncastrated}]


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