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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Castrate

/kăs'-trātˌ/ · Cas·trate · IPA /ˈkæs.tɹeɪt/
01 v. t. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating
  1. 1.
    To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
  2. 2.
    To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
    “My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places.” — Spectator.