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emasculate

emas·cu·late

UK/ɪˈmask.jʊ.lət/ US/ɪˈmask.jə.lət/ uncommon
verb (2) adjective (1)

verb

1.

deprive of strength or vigor

  • “The Senate emasculated the law”
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1.

Origin

From Medieval Latin ēmasculātus, perfect passive participle of ēmasculō (“to emasculate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from, apart”) + masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), further from mās (“a man, a male”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

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