gelded

geld ¹  (gld)

tr.v. geld·ed or gelt (glt), geld·ing, gelds

1. To castrate (a horse, for example).

2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

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[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.]

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geld ²  (gld)

n.

A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

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[Middle English geld and Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, gield, payment.]

Thesaurus

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