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castrate /kaˈstreɪt / /ˈkastreɪt /verb [with object]1Remove the testicles of (a male animal or man).Male calves were castrated either at birth, at time of initial vaccination, or at weaning....- At birth, calves were identified with a numbered ear tag, they were weighed, sex was recorded, and male calves were castrated.
- Nine cats were castrated males; three cats were females: two of them were spayed.
Synonyms neuter, geld, cut, emasculate, desex, sterilize, unman, remove the testicles of; North American & Australian alter informal doctor, fix rare evirate, caponize, eunuchize 1.1Deprive of power, vitality, or vigour: a restrictive classicism would have castrated England’s literature nounA man or male animal whose testicles have been removed: young human castrates, or eunuchs...- Historians interested in the development of musical castrati in Europe often point to Islamic Spain as the source of early castrates and the medieval practice of castration.
- Agueda Yzquierdo, for instance, could recall the castration of Juan de Aleson, the full castrate who later married Maria de Legaria.
- Pope Sixtus V unequivocally prohibited marriage to castrates in 1587 when he responded to the Spanish papal nuncio's question about several women in Madrid who had married eunuchs.
Derivatives castrator noun ...- Although their roles as parasitic castrators has been documented, relatively little is known about the biology of ciliate parasites in mayflies.
- Indeed, some parasites are castrators, completely destroying the host's reproductive machinery.
Origin Mid 16th century (earlier (Middle English) as castration): from Latin castrare. Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight |