Antonyms for emasculate
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : verb ih-mas-kyuh-leyt; adjective ih-mas-kyuh-lit, -leyt |
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪˈmæs kyəˌleɪt; adjective ɪˈmæs kyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for emasculate
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