• (a.) Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. • (v. t.) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. • (v. t.) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/emasculate/
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. ... 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) ... Origin: L. Emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine. ... Source: Websters ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
E·mas'cu·late transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Emasculated ; present participle & verbal noun Emasculating .] [ Latin emasculare ; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.] 1. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/24
emasculate 1. Castrated, deprived of virility. 2. To make unmanly, deprive of vigor; to make weak, effeminate. 3. To have one&$146;s manhood taken away. 4. To make effeminate and cowardly; to enfeeble, impoverish (such as, language). Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1255/