Hypertext Webster Gateway: "emasculate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emasculated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Emasculating}.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus
male, masculine. See {Male} masculine.]
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate
power; to castrate; to geld.
2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to
render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, a.
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. ``Emasculate
slave.'' --Hammond.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
emasculate
adj : having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: {effeminate}, {epicene},
{cissy}, {sissified}, {sissyish}, {sissy}]
v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the
law"
2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: {castrate}, {demasculinize}]
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