transitive verb. To castrate.

transitive verb. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

adjective. Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.

Deprived of the male functions; castrated; hence, unmanned; deprived of vigor.

In plant-breeding, to remove the anthers from a hermaphrodite flower in order to prevent self-fertilization. In case of monœcious plants, as Indian corn, the whole male inflorescence is removed. See detasseling.

To deprive of the male functions; deprive of virility or procreative power; castrate; geld.

To deprive of masculine strength or vigor; weaken; render effeminate; vitiate by unmanly softness.

In general, to weaken; destroy the force or strength of; specifically, to weaken or destroy the literary force of, as a book or other writing, by too rigid an expurgation, or by injudicious editing.

To become unmanned or effeminate.

transitive verb. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

transitive verb. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

adjective. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

adjective. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

verb. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld.

verb. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

verb. remove the testicles of a male animal

adjective. having unsuitable feminine qualities

verb. deprive of strength or vigor

"He criticised central government for seeking to "emasculate" the Zulu Kingdom by reducing it to an administrative centre with no political power."

castrate  

unmanful  unmanlike  unmanly  

weaken  

alter  castrate  cripple  debilitate  demasculinize  

emasculated  emasculates  emasculating