What does "emasculate" mean?
Emasculate: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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