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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EMASCULATE

From Latin ēmasculāre, from masculus male.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EMASCULATE

emasculate  [ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMASCULATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Emasculate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb emasculate in English.

WHAT DOES EMASCULATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Emasculation

Emasculation is the removal of the penis and the testicles, the external male sex organs. Removal of the testicles alone is termed castration. Emasculation was a form of punishment in Medieval Europe and sometimes formed part of the process of being hanged, drawn and quartered. By extension, the word has also come to mean to render a male less of a man, or to make a male feel less of a man by humiliation. This metaphorical usage of the word is much more common than the application of its literal meaning. It can also mean the reduction or removal of force behind a statute or legislation, for example, "the Triennial Act was emasculated by the Cavalier Parliament". The removal of male parts of a plant, largely for controlled pollination and breeding purposes, is also called emasculation.

Definition of emasculate in the English dictionary

The first definition of emasculate in the dictionary is to remove the testicles of; castrate; geld. Other definition of emasculate is to deprive of vigour, effectiveness, etc. Emasculate is also to remove the stamens from to prevent self-pollination for the purposes of plant breeding.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EMASCULATE

PRESENT

Present
I emasculate
you emasculate
he/she/it emasculates
we emasculate
you emasculate
they emasculate
Present continuous
I am emasculating
you are emasculating
he/she/it is emasculating
we are emasculating
you are emasculating
they are emasculating
Present perfect
I have emasculated
you have emasculated
he/she/it has emasculated
we have emasculated
you have emasculated
they have emasculated
Present perfect continuous
I have been emasculating
you have been emasculating
he/she/it has been emasculating
we have been emasculating
you have been emasculating
they have been emasculating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I emasculated
you emasculated
he/she/it emasculated
we emasculated
you emasculated
they emasculated
Past continuous
I was emasculating
you were emasculating
he/she/it was emasculating
we were emasculating
you were emasculating
they were emasculating
Past perfect
I had emasculated
you had emasculated
he/she/it had emasculated
we had emasculated
you had emasculated
they had emasculated
Past perfect continuous
I had been emasculating
you had been emasculating
he/she/it had been emasculating
we had been emasculating
you had been emasculating
they had been emasculating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will emasculate
you will emasculate
he/she/it will emasculate
we will emasculate
you will emasculate
they will emasculate
Future continuous
I will be emasculating
you will be emasculating
he/she/it will be emasculating
we will be emasculating
you will be emasculating
they will be emasculating
Future perfect
I will have emasculated
you will have emasculated
he/she/it will have emasculated
we will have emasculated
you will have emasculated
they will have emasculated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been emasculating
you will have been emasculating
he/she/it will have been emasculating
we will have been emasculating
you will have been emasculating
they will have been emasculating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would emasculate
you would emasculate
he/she/it would emasculate
we would emasculate
you would emasculate
they would emasculate
Conditional continuous
I would be emasculating
you would be emasculating
he/she/it would be emasculating
we would be emasculating
you would be emasculating
they would be emasculating
Conditional perfect
I would have emasculate
you would have emasculate
he/she/it would have emasculate
we would have emasculate
you would have emasculate
they would have emasculate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been emasculating
you would have been emasculating
he/she/it would have been emasculating
we would have been emasculating
you would have been emasculating
they would have been emasculating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you emasculate
we let´s emasculate
you emasculate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to emasculate
Past participle
emasculated
Present Participle
emasculating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMASCULATE


accumulate
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
calculate
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪt
circulate
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt
coagulate
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪt
congratulate
kənˈɡrætjʊˌleɪt
cumulate
ˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
ejaculate
ɪˈdʒækjʊˌleɪt
emulate
ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt
formulate
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
insulate
ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt
manipulate
məˈnɪpjʊˌleɪt
modulate
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt
populate
ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt
postulate
ˈpɒstjʊˌleɪt
reformulate
riːˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
regulate
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt
simulate
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt
speculate
ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt
stimulate
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt
stipulate
ˈstɪpjʊˌleɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMASCULATE

emanatist
emanative
emanator
emanatory
emancipate
emancipated
emancipation
emancipationist
emancipative
emancipator
emancipatory
emancipist
emarginate
emarginated
emarginately
emargination
emasculation
emasculative
emasculator
emasculatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMASCULATE

absquatulate
ambulate
articulate
chocolate
consulate
copulate
demodulate
depopulate
deregulate
geniculate
immaculate
matriculate
ovulate
particulate
recalculate
recirculate
repopulate
reticulate
triangulate
undulate
ungulate

Synonyms and antonyms of emasculate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EMASCULATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «emasculate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of emasculate

Translation of «emasculate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMASCULATE

Find out the translation of emasculate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of emasculate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «emasculate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阉割
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

castrar
570 millions of speakers

English

emasculate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रभावहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إضعاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выхолостить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

castrar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরুষত্বহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

émasculer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entmannen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

骨抜きにする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Emasculate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhu nhược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோழையாக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खूष करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hadım etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

evirare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wykastrowany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вихолостити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

castra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευνουχίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

emasculate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kastrere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of emasculate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMASCULATE»

The term «emasculate» is regularly used and occupies the 84.288 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMASCULATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «emasculate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «emasculate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about emasculate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMASCULATE»

Discover the use of emasculate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to emasculate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture
To emasculate, choose a cluster that has buds that are full size, but not yet open. To be sure, look for a cluster that has just a few flowers starting to open, and pull those off with the forceps before starting to emasculate. To emasculate, use the ...
Lon Rombough, 2002
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A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory
"Why should a lexicon ever contain, ahem . . . emasculate and other such nightmares?" (This question comes from the dialogist "O" in Uriagereka 1998: 164.) Faithfulness is, of course, part of the answer, as it is to the previous question.
John J. McCarthy, 2002
3
The hymns of the Atharvaveda
7 The men who brayed it, smeared it on, they who discharged it, sent it forth, All these are made emasculate, emasculate the poison- hill. 3 Garulmdn : the celestial Bird ; the Sun, who is considered as especially instrumental in counteracting ...
Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, 1895
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The Atharva Veda:
7 The men who brayed it, smeared it on, they who discharged it, sent it forth, All these are made emasculate, emasculate the poison-hill. 8 Thy diggers are emasculate, emasculate, 0, Plant art thou. The rugged mountain that produced this ...
Ralph T.H. Griffith,Maurice Bloomfield, 2013
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Proceedings of the American Society for Horticultural Science
Furthermore, one can not emasculate fruit buds nearly as rapidly when they are four or five days from opening as when they are one or two days from opening. This counts for a good deal when many are to be cut. In general the best way is to  ...
American Society for Horticultural Science, 1908
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Proceedings of the Society for Horticultural Science
Furthermore, one can not emasculate fruit buds nearly as rapidly when they are four or five days from opening as when they are one or two days from opening. This counts for a good deal when many are to be cut. In general the best way is to  ...
Society for Horticultural Science (U.S.)., 1908
7
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
When it is found how many ewes, lupposc twenty, one ram will serve, we may geld nineteen ; for if you emasculate but ten, you (hall, by promiscuous copulation, hinder the increase. Graunt. — To effeminate; to weaken ; to viciate by unmanly ...
8
Proceedings of the American Society for Horticultural Science
more difficult to remove at this time. Furthermore, one can not emasculate fruit buds nearly as rapidly whenthey are four or five days from opening as when they are one or two days from opening. This counts for a good deal when many are to  ...
9
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
When it is found how many ewes, suppose twenty, one ram will serve, we may geld nineteen, or thereabouts; for if you emasculate but ten, you shall, by pro- nuseuous copulation, hinder the increase. Graunt. j. To effeminate ; to weaken ; to ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
10
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
shall be Members of the Parliamentary Service Commission. That is a Constitutional requirement and it is a Constitutional imperative. You cannot emasculate it and suffocate it. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is an established ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMASCULATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term emasculate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Unions no longer serve working people. It's time to emasculate them
Something has to be done to emasculate these evangelists for failure and conflict — and David Cameron, now with a Conservative majority, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
The ultimate job interview
He can emasculate Trudeau, but by doing so, he risks building Mulcair's lead. He can take down Mulcair, but that may benefit the Liberals. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
3
Another one bites the dust
ACMA is currently sitting back allowing faceless bean counters to emasculate a once great media industry. The Music Man(10:52am 09 Jul ... «Radio Today, Jul 15»
4
Mount Vernon Column: Prompt Action Needed To Clean Potomac …
Bob Goodlatte's effort to emasculate EPA's ability to hold Virginia accountable is a giant step backward. #Requiring farmers to keep their cows ... «Virginia Connection Newspapers, Jul 15»
5
Breaking News: RUBBER STAMP ASSEMBLY PASSES …
Breaking News: RUBBER STAMP ASSEMBLY PASSES ELECTORAL BILL TO EMASCULATE OPPOSITION! RUBBER STAMP ASSEMBLY ... «Freedom Newspaper, Jul 15»
6
What the UN report on Gaza left out
The report's glaring omissions of foundational legal principles emasculate the law, weakening the essential tools for the protection of civilians ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
7
Wesley May: Immoral governing
Those five justices have set in motion a coercive attack that will emasculate the free exercise of religion granted by the First Amendment. «News & Observer, Jul 15»
8
Netanyahu backslides on religious reforms
... Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fourth government adopted a series of resolutions that void or emasculate the resolutions taken ... «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
9
It is not about the coach, feels Dileep Premachandran
... you have directors of football, transfer committees and other devices to emasculate the man on the touchline, writes Dileep Premachandran. «Mid-Day, Jul 15»
10
Paul Goldschmidt's .400 odyssey
Paul Goldschmidt has literally become a “gold standard” among first baseman. The well-proportioned slugger's moniker “Goldy” is too emasculate for a guy with ... «OutsidePitchMLB, Jul 15»

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