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.
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E*mas"cu*late (?), a.
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
"
Emasculate slave."
Hammond.
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