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emasculate

v.
US //əˈmæskjuˌɫeɪt// UK //ɪmˈæskjʊlˌeɪt// emas·cu·late
Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin ēmasculātus, perfect passive participle of ēmasculō (“to emasculate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from, apart”) + masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), further from mās (“a man, a male”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ēmasculātus (more at Etymology 1), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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