Castrate Definition

kăstrāt
castrated, castrates, castrating
verb
castrated, castrates, castrating
To remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld.
Webster's New World
To remove the ovaries of; spay.
Webster's New World
To deprive of essential virility, vigor, or significance by mutilating, expurgating, subjugating, etc.; emasculate.
Webster's New World
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noun
An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.
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Origin of Castrate

  • Latin castrāre castrāt- kes- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin castrātus, past participle of castrō.

    From Wiktionary

Castrate Sentence Examples

  • He found it both amusing and a bit disconcerting that both Sidwell women's initial reaction was to castrate him.

  • Gaia convinced Cronus to castrate Uranus.

  • For his terrible deeds, Gaia asked her son Cronus to castrate Uranus.

  • I may castrate him cure that itch Mr Brass?

  • These organisms live in cockles, oysters and other lamellibranchs and they so affect the gonads of these molluscs as to castrate and sterilize their host.

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