EM`ASCULATE, v.t. [Low L. emasculo, from e and masculus, a male. See Male.]
1. To castrate; to deprive a male of certain parts which characterize the sex; to geld; to deprive of virility.2. To deprive of masculine strength or vigor; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.Women emasculate a monarch's reign.To emasculate the spirits.EM`ASCULATE, a. Unmanned; deprived of vigor.