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emasculate

The correct spelling is emasculate.

How to pronounce emasculate

/ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt/
verb

IPA: /ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt/

Say it like: Ema-scu-lat-e

The correct spelling is emasculate. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

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Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
  2. 2.To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
  3. 3.Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

adjective

  1. 1.Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

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