castrate

Pronunciation: /kæsˈtɹeɪt/

The English word “castrate” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

A castrated man; a eunuch.

verb

To remove the testicles of a person or animal.
To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.
To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.

Etymology

Likely from an unattested sense of Middle English castrat (“(adjective) castrated; (noun) a castrated animal”), substantivized borrowing of Latin castrātus, perfect passive participle of castrō (“to prune, amputate, castrate”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix)).

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