deprive of procreative power

  • 1emasculate — v. a. 1. Castrate, geld, glib, deprive of virility, deprive of procreative power. 2. Weaken, enervate, debilitate, unman, effeminate, effeminize, emolliate, make effeminate, deprive of native vigor …

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  • 2Emasculate — E*mas cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emasculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emasculating}.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See {Male} masculine.] 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. [1913… …

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  • 3Emasculated — Emasculate E*mas cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emasculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emasculating}.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See {Male} masculine.] 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to… …

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  • 4Emasculating — Emasculate E*mas cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emasculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emasculating}.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See {Male} masculine.] 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to… …

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  • 5emasculate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin emasculatus, past participle of emasculare, from e + masculus male more at male Date: 1607 1. to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit ; weaken 2. to deprive of virility or procreative power ;… …

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  • 6emasculate — 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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  • 7sterilize — 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… …

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  • 8emasculate — 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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  • 9Plato: ethics and politics — A.W.Price I Plato followed his teacher Socrates into ethics by way of a question that remained central in Greek thought: what is the relation between the virtues or excellences (aretai) of character, and happiness (eudaimonia)?1 Both concepts… …

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  • 10Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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