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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb ih-mas-kyuh-leyt; adjective ih-mas-kyuh-lit, -leyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪˈmæs kyəˌleɪt; adjective ɪˈmæs kyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt


Définition of emasculate

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Latin emasculatus, past participle of emasculare "castrate," from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + masculus "male, manly" (see masculine). Originally and usually in a figurative sense. Related: Emasculated; emasculating.
  • verb weaken, deprive of force
Example sentences :
  • The prayer-habit tends to emasculate the moral strength of its devotees.
  • Extract from : « The Real Jesus of the Four Gospels » by J. B. Atwater
  • This is an invitation to all who can to emasculate themselves.
  • Extract from : « Is the Morality of Jesus Sound? » by M. M. Mangasarian
  • He says what good are homes if they emasculate spirited men.
  • Extract from : « The Crow's Nest » by Clarence Day, Jr.
  • But, it is said, that the fine arts soften and emasculate the mind.
  • Extract from : « The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq. » by John Galt
  • He begins to see Bertha as she is: her unscrupulousness in money matters, her ceaseless effort to emasculate him.
  • Extract from : « The Social Significance of the Modern Drama » by Emma Goldman
  • At the same time his paternal despotism tended to emasculate the Tuscan character.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 » by Various
  • Dr. Morris: It is a great convenience to be able to pollenate at the same moment when you emasculate.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting » by Various
  • The elegances of Bembo and the Petrarchisti remind one of a hectic scented fop, emasculate and artificial.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
  • We should be obliged to emasculate Socialism, to dilute it, in order to win a support of questionable value.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • And, as with other masculine and muscular females, her progeny are neuter working-females (sterile) and emasculate males (drones).
  • Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy

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