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geld 1

 (gĕld)
tr.v. geld·ed, geld·ing, gelds
1. To castrate (a horse, for example).
2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.]

geld 2

 (gĕld)
n.
A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.
[Middle English geld and Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, gield, payment.]
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Adj.1.gelded - (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse"
emasculated, cut
castrated, unsexed - deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes
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"Rationality gelded to sentiment," the White Logic grins.
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He showed progressive form last autumn after being gelded and on his final start of the campaign he beat a big field in fine style at Newmarket in October.
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