2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Castrate \Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castrated}; p. pr &
vb n. {Castrating}.] [L. castrarus p; p. of castrare to
castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to
alter.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
castrated
adj : deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes [syn: {unsexed}]
[ant: {uncastrated}]
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