Emasculate /(?)/

E·mas·cu·late

Emasculate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating

  1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
  2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
    Luxury had not emasculated their minds.
    — V. Knox.

emasculate

a.
  1. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.