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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]: castrate n : a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: {eunuch}] v : remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: {emasculate}, {demasculinize}]
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