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English

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Etymology 1

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Likely from an unattested sense ofMiddle Englishcastrat(“(adjective) castrated; (noun) a castrated animal”),substantivized borrowing ofLatincastrātus,perfectpassiveparticiple ofcastrō(“to prune, amputate, castrate”), see-ate(noun-forming suffix)).

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Noun

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castrate (pluralcastrates)

  1. Acastratedman; aeunuch.
    • 1990,Camille Paglia,Sexual Personae:
      Thecastrate voice had a strange power not duplicated by soprano or countertenor.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromLatincastrātus,perfectpassiveparticiple ofLatincastrō, see-ate(verb-forming suffix). Displaced nativegeld in its broader sense.

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Verb

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castrate (third-person singular simple presentcastrates,present participlecastrating,simple past and past participlecastrated)

  1. (transitive) Toremove thetesticles of aperson oranimal.
    • 1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page129:
      If the priests of Diana of Ephesuscastrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body.
  2. (transitive, uncommon) Toremove theovaries and/oruterus of ananimal.
  3. (transitive, figurative) To take something from; to renderimperfect orineffectual.
Synonyms
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  • geld(generally used only for animals, especially horses)
  • spay f /neuter(generally used only for animals, especially pets)
  • sterilize(used for all species and for both genders)
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Translations
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remove the testicles of

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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castrate

  1. inflection ofcastrare:
    1. second-personpluralpresentindicative
    2. second-personpluralimperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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castrate f pl

  1. feminineplural ofcastrato

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Latin

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Noun

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castrāte

  1. vocativesingular ofcastrātus

Spanish

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Verb

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castrate

  1. second-personsingular voseoimperative ofcastrar combined withte
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