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cas·trate (kas′trāt′)

transitive verb castrated -·trat′ed, castrating -·trat′·ing

    1. to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld
    2. Rare to remove the ovaries of; spay
  2. to deprive of essential virility, vigor, or significance by mutilating, expurgating, subjugating, etc.; emasculate

Etymology: < L castratus, pp. of castrare, to castrate, prune: for IE base see caste

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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