different between neutering vs emasculate

English

Verb

neutering

1. present participle of neuter

Noun

neutering (plural neuterings)

1. The act by which something is neutered.

   The vet performed neuterings on four cats.

English

Etymology

From Latin emasculare or emascul? (“to emasculate”), from ?- (a variant of ex- (suffix denoting privation), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e??s (“out”)) + masculus (“male, masculine; a man”) + -? (“suffix forming verbs”). Masculus is derived from m?s (“a man, a male”) + -culus (suffix forming a diminutive of a noun).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??mæskj?le?t/
• (General American) enPR: ?.m?s?ky?.l?t', IPA^(key): /i?mæskj??le?t/
• Hyphenation: emas?cu?late

Adjective

emasculate (comparative more emasculate, superlative most emasculate)

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

Translations

Verb

emasculate (third-person singular simple present emasculates, present participle emasculating, simple past and past participle emasculated)

1. (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. [from early 17th c.]

   Synonym: unman

   1. (specifically) To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).
2. (transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [from early 17th c.]

   Synonyms: unman, debilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble

   Antonyms: empower, invigorate, (obsolete) masculate, strengthen
3. (transitive, botany) Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

Translations

Related terms

• emasculated (adjective)
• emasculation
• emasculative
• emasculator
• emasculatory
• emasculatrix

References

Further reading

• emasculation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• emaculates