Definition of to castrate in English English dictionary: lib; evirate
The pope offered a hundred marks in Latin to who should eviscerate or evirate him (poisons very potent, whereat the Italians are handy), so apostolic and desperate a doctor is Dr. Glaston, — so acute in his quiddities, and so resolute in his bearing!.; unsex; To remove the ovaries of; To remove the testicles of; {v} to geld, make imperfect, lop away; remove the testicles of a male animal; To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter; to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate; a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"; remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"; deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"; edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"; 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. + castration castrations cas·tra·tion the castration of male farm animals. to remove the testicles of a male animal or a man (past participle of castrare); {f} emasculate, sterilize, remove the male glands; To cut or take out; esp

to castrate

Hyphenation

to cas·trate

Turkish pronunciation

tı kästreyt

/tə ˈkaˌstrāt/ /tə ˈkæˌstreɪt/

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