Castrate
31half-castrate — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, | ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to remove the descended testis of (a unilateral ridgeling) to prevent breeding …
32Castrated — Castrate Cas trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Castrating}.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
33Castrating — Castrate Cas trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Castrating}.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
34castration — castrate ► VERB 1) remove the testicles of. 2) deprive of power or vigour. DERIVATIVES castration noun castrator noun. ORIGIN Latin castrare …
35castrator — castrate ► VERB 1) remove the testicles of. 2) deprive of power or vigour. DERIVATIVES castration noun castrator noun. ORIGIN Latin castrare …
36Castration — The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Vasari Cristofano Gherardi (c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence). Not to be confused with Penectomy or Penis removal. Castration (also referred to as gelding, spa …
37sterilize — 1 Sterilize, castrate, spay, emasculate, alter, mutilate, geld, caponize mean to make incapable of producing offspring. Sterilize, the most general of these terms, is applicable to both human beings and animals and is used whether the end is… …
38Eunuch — European illustration of one of the white eunuchs of the Ottoman Sultan s court (1749) A eunuch (  / …
39Slavery in the Ottoman Empire — Social structure of the Ottoman Empire Millets: (Jews · Armenians · Greeks) …
40emasculate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unman, castrate, geld, alter, effeminize; devitalize, debilitate; dispirit, demoralize. See weakness, impotence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To sterilize] Syn. geld, unman, mutilate; see castrate . 2.… …
