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Webster 1913 Edition
Castrate
Cas′trate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Castrated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Castrating
.] [L.
castrarus
, p; p. of castrare
to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra
knife.] 1.
To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
2.
To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have
castrated
in some places. Spectator.
Webster 1828 Edition
Castrate
CASTRATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To geld; to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate.2.
To take away or retrench, as the obscene parts of a writing.3.
To take out a leaf or sheet from a book, and render it imperfect.