deprive+of+virility

  • 11de|vir|il|ize — «dee VIHR uh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to deprive of virility or vitality; devitalize. 2. to deprive of masculine qualities …

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  • 12emasculate — emas·cu·late i mas kyə .lāt vt, lat·ed; lat·ing to deprive of virility or procreative power: CASTRATE emas·cu·la·tion .mas kyə lā shən n * * * emas·cu·late (e masґku lāt) to castrate a male …

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  • 13geld — v. a. Castrate, emasculate, glib, deprive of virility …

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  • 14glib — I. a. 1. Smooth, slippery. 2. Voluble, fluent, ready, talkative, nimble of speech, ready in speech, of a ready tongue. II. v. a. Castrate, geld, emasculate, deprive of virility …

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  • 15castrate — [v] remove sexual organs alter, asexualize, caponize, change, cut, deprive of virility, desexualize, emasculate, eunuchize, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex; concept 310 …

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  • 16emasculate — To castrate; to remove the testicles. To deprive of virility or strength. See eunuch …

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  • 17emasculate — 1. adjective /ɪˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. 2. verb /ɪˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ a) To deprive of virile or procreative power; …

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  • 18Virtue — (Latin virtus ; Greek Polytonic|ἀρετή) is moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being, and thus good by definition. The opposite of virtue is vice.Etymologically the word virtue… …

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  • 19education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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  • 20castrate — [kas′trāt΄] vt. castrated, castrating [< L castratus, pp. of castrare, to castrate, prune: for IE base see CASTE] 1. a) to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld b) Rare to remove the ovaries of; spay 2. to deprive of essential virility,… …

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