Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - emasculate
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Emasculate
emasculate
transitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin emasculatus, past participle of emasculare, from e- + masculus male — more at male Date: 1607 1. to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit ; weaken 2. to deprive of virility or procreative power ; castrate 3. to remove the androecium of (a flower) in the process of artificial cross-pollination Synonyms: see unnerve • ~ adjective • emasculation noun • emasculator noun
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v. & adj. --v.tr. 1 deprive of force or vigour; make feeble or ineffective. 2 castrate. --adj. 1 deprived of force or vigour. 2 castrated. 3 effeminate. Derivatives emasculation n. emasculator n. emasculatory adj. Etymology: L emasculatus past part. of emasculare (as E-, masculus dimin. of mas male) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. кастрированный, холощеный 2. выхолощенный, бесцветный, вялый (о языке, стиле) 3. бессильный, лишенный воли, энергии, мужества; изнеженный 4. кастрировать, холостить, оскоплять 5. выхолащивать (идею); обеднять, делать вялым, бесцветным (язык) to emasculate a speech —- сделать выступление беззубым the bill heavily emasculated became law —- законопроект, сильно урезанный, стал законом 6. ослаблять, обессиливать; изнеживать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. v. 1) кастрировать 2) обессиливать; ослаблять 3) изнеживать; расслаблять 4) выхолащивать (идею и т.п.); обеднять (язык) Syn: see sterilize 2. adj. 1) кастрированный 2) лишенный силы; выхолощенный 3) изнеженный; расслабленный ...Англо-русский словарь
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(emasculates, emasculating, emasculated) 1. If someone or something is emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective. Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalised... The company tried to emasculate the unions... Since Japan’s defeat, the military has remained largely emasculated. = neuter VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed c darkgreen]disapproval • emasculation ...the emasculation of fundamental freedoms. N-UNCOUNT 2. If a man is emasculated, he loses his male role, identity, or qualities. Tosh was known to be a man who feared no-one, yet he was clearly emasculated by his girlfriend. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed c darkgreen]disapproval EMASCULATION see emasculate ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v T often passive 1 to make someone or something weaker or less effective (The bill has been emasculated by Congress.) 2 to make a man feel less male (Some men feel emasculated if they work for a woman.) 3 technical to remove all or part of a male's sex organs; castrate - emasculation n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1607, from L. emasculatus, pp. of emasculare "castrate," from ex- "out, away" + masculus "male" (see masculine). EMBALM - 1386, from O.Fr. embaumer "preserve (a corpse) with spices," from en- "cause to be" + baume "balm" + -er verbal suffix. The -l- inserted in Eng. 1500s in imitation of L. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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