Definition of: emasculate

(i·mas′kyə·lāt) v.t. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing
1. To deprive of procreative power; castrate; geld.
2. To deprive of strength; weaken; make effeminate.
3. To impair by cutting down or censoring, as a literary work.
—adjective (i·mas′kyə·lit) Emasculated; weakened. [<L emasculatus, pp. of emasculare <ex- away + masculus male]
—e·mas′cu·la′tion noun
—e·mas′cu·la′tive adjective
—e·mas′cu·la′tor noun
—e·mas′cu·la·to′ry (-tôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective