D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Emasculate

/ĭ.măsʹkyə.lāt'/ · E·mas·cu·late · IPA /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/
01 v. t. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating
  1. 1.
    To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
  2. 2.
    To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
    “Luxury had not emasculated their minds.” — V. Knox.
02 a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
  1. 1.
    Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.