Emasculating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emasculated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Emasculating}.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus
     male, masculine. See {Male} masculine.]
     1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate
        power; to castrate; to geld.
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     2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to
        render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
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              Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
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