emasculate (redirected from emasculative)

e·mas·cu·late  (-msky-lt)

tr.v. e·mas·cu·lat·ed, e·mas·cu·lat·ing, e·mas·cu·lates

1. To castrate.

2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

adj. (-lt)

Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.

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[Latin masculre, mascult- : -, ex-, ex- + masculus, male, diminutive of ms, male, man.]

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e·mascu·lation n.

e·mascu·lative, e·mascu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

e·mascu·lator n.

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emasculate

vb [ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt] (tr)

1. to remove the testicles of; castrate; geld

2. to deprive of vigour, effectiveness, etc.

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) Botany to remove the stamens from (a flower) to prevent self-pollination for the purposes of plant breeding

adj [ɪˈmæskjʊlɪt -ˌleɪt]

1. castrated; gelded

2. deprived of strength, effectiveness, etc.

[from Latin ēmasculāre, from masculus male; see masculine]

emasculation  n

emasculative , emasculatory adj

emasculator  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	emasculate - deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" castrate weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
	2.	emasculate - remove the testicles of a male animal demasculinise, demasculinize, castrate caponise, caponize - convert a cock into a capon geld, cut - cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
Adj.	1.	emasculate - having unsuitable feminine qualities cissy, effeminate, sissified, sissy, sissyish, epicene unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly - not possessing qualities befitting a man

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emasculate

verb weaken, soften, cripple, impoverish, debilitate, reduce the power of, disempower, enfeeble, make feeble, enervate, deprive of force

Translations

emasculate [ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt] VT → castrar, emascular(frm) (fig) → mutilar, estropear

emasculate [ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt] vt

(= weaken) [+ person, organization] → affaiblir

(= make less masculine) [+ man] → émasculer

emasculate

vt

(= weaken) → entkräften

(lit) man → entmannen

emasculate [ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt] vt (fig) → rendere impotente