castrateadj.n.

/ˈkastreɪt/

Etymology: < Latin castrātus past participle of castrāre; see the verb.

A. adj.

Castrated. Obsolete except in Botany.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] > castrated

geldedc1225

cutted1438

geltc1440

chaste1526

evirate1606

castrated1609

memberless1611

unpaveda1616

libbed1616

cut1624

eunuched1627

caponed1630

untesticled1668

castrate1704

eunuch1817

emasculated1830

eunuchal1878

neuter1893

eunuchoid1894

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male > in specific quantity, form, or arrangement

castrate1704

syngenesious1753

pentandrious1754

pentandrous1757

polyandrous1757

polyadelphous1778

triandrious1786

polyandrian1787

gynandrian1791

monadelphous1806

monandrous1806

tetrandrous1806

perigynous1807

octandrousa1815

pleurogynous1819

hypogynous1821

icosandrian1828

octandrian1828

pentandrian1828

polyadelphian1828

tetradynamian1828

hexandrous1830

pentadelphous1830

tetradynamous1830

triadelphous1830

triandrous1830

icosandrous1836

corollifloral1839

indefinite1839

oligandrous1851

isadelphous1855

thalamifloral1857

thalamiflorous1857

phalangiform1858

polyandrious1858

allagostemonous1879

corolliflorous1880

obdiplostemonous1882

hypogynic1886

octandrious1890

Monadelphic1959

polyandric1976

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Androgynus, an Hermaphrodite, or one who is Castrate or Effeminate.

1755 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 873 But the castrate fish..were always in season.

1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 401 Castrate, said of a stamen which wants the anther.

B. n.

A castrated man, a eunuch. archaic (= French castrat, Italian castrato.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of genitalia > person

castrate1639

triorchis1650

monorchis1722

monorchid1857

eunuchoid1894

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person

geldinga1382

eunuchc1430

spadoc1430

chastelinga1570

capon1594

castrate1639

spade1680

wether1724

demi-male1728

androgyne1742

castrato1763

hijra1838

emasculate1886

half-man-

1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxx. 61 The Imperfect Castrate.

1691 T. Heyrick Misc. Poems 31 The Castrate's sneaking looks.

1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams i. iii. 3 No castrate or suborner shall there be: Erewhile the castrate was the debauchee.

1905 W. G. Holmes Age Justinian & Theodora I. 134 (note) The emperor cannot even uncover his head without the castrates closing round him to intercept the gaze of rude mankind.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

castratev.

/ˈkastreɪt/

Etymology: < Latin castrāt- participial stem of castrāre to castrate, prune, expurgate, deprive of vigour, etc.: see -ate suffix³.

a. transitive. To remove the testicles of; to geld, emasculate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate

geldc1225

lib1396

cut1465

castrate1609

delumbate1609

enervate1610

unstone1611

gliba1616

evirate1621

emasculate1623

capon1630

eunuchize1634

eunuchate1646

caponize1654

unpollux1654

eunucha1658

unman1657

dismember1697

saturnized1846

nut1916

knacker1936

1609 [see castrated adj. at Derivatives].

1633 Bp. T. Morton Discharge Five Imputations 138 (T.) Origen—having read that scripture, ‘There be some that castrate themselves for the kingdom of God’..he did castrate himself.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 113 To eunuchate or castrate themselves.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 90.

1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) ii. 19 The Barb. They are never castrated, for ‘a Mussulman would not mutilate..the beast of the Prophet’.

b. Botany. To remove the anthers (or the pistil) of (a flower) before fecundation. ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > remove anthers or pistil

castrate1859

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species (1873) ix. 236 A plant, to be hybridised, must be castrated.

†2. Horticulture. To prune, remove superfluous suckers from. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > remove suckers

castrate1658

1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 255 When your Strawberies shoot their strings, you must castrate them.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Castrating..in speaking of melons and cucumbers..signifies the same with pruning or pinching.

a. transferred and figurative. To deprive of vigour, force, or vitality; to mortify.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > cause to lose vitality or vigour

languisha1464

castrate1554

damp1564

dead1586

flag1602

wooden1641

dispirit1647

deaden1684

disvigorate1694

devitalize1849

narcotize1852

wilt1855

woodenize1877

abirritate1882

1554 T. Martin Traictise Marriage of Priestes xi. sig. Y^v Ye castrate the desyres of the fleshe.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 181 Every subsequent action of that Parliament did castrate their hope.

1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 123 Whether they [mineral waters] do not..sooner precipitate an Ocre to the bottom, nor sooner become castrated thereby.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 163 The Victorians..Successfully castrating the body politic.

†b. To mutilate, ‘cut down’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce in quantity or number

thinc1440

depopulate1545

shorten1604

disquantity1608

waste1617

dequantitate1646

paucify1648

castrate1728

shrink1832

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 56 The noble kingdom of Numidia was so castrated, that it dwindled away to the Eastern Province of the Algerines.

4. To mutilate (a book, etc.) by removing a sheet or portion of it; esp. to remove obscene or objectionable passages from; to expurgate.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > post-printing processes > [verb (transitive)] > make imperfect, cut off or destroy part of book

mutilate1534

castrate1627

emasculate1756

bowdlerize1836

pith1852

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend > remove objectionable passages from

castrate1627

expurge1635

expurgate1678

bowdlerize1836

censor1882

1627 Let. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 295 An Oxford man..had his sermon perused and castrated before he came there.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 179. ¶5 The following Letter, which I have castrated in some places.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Castrating a book.

1753 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 136 The letter..is castrated of one of its most curious anecdotes.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 168 Talking of Rochester's Poems, he said, he had given them to Mr. Steevens to castrate for the edition of the Poets.

1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 33 Gifford is at his old work of castrating my reviews.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 344 The monk Planudes amended, castrated..and remodelled..the Greek Anthology of Cephalas.

Derivatives

ˈcastrated adj. (in literal and figurative senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > incomplete

mutilatea1522

castrated1609

mutilated1628

mutilous1649

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] > castrated

geldedc1225

cutted1438

geltc1440

chaste1526

evirate1606

castrated1609

memberless1611

unpaveda1616

libbed1616

cut1624

eunuched1627

caponed1630

untesticled1668

castrate1704

eunuch1817

emasculated1830

eunuchal1878

neuter1893

eunuchoid1894

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [adjective] > having (objectionable) passages removed

castrated1609

expurgated1831

expurgate1832

bowdlerized1879

1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Castrated, gelded, diminished.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 124 Castrated animals..are longer lived.

1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) II. 333 This castrated copy of the Bible.

1832 R. Southey Ess. II. 417.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xvii. 247 The horns are not developed..in the castrated male.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	castrate
释义	castrateadj.n. /ˈkastreɪt/ Etymology: < Latin castrātus past participle of castrāre; see the verb. A. adj. Castrated. Obsolete except in Botany. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] > castrated geldedc1225 cutted1438 geltc1440 chaste1526 evirate1606 castrated1609 memberless1611 unpaveda1616 libbed1616 cut1624 eunuched1627 caponed1630 untesticled1668 castrate1704 eunuch1817 emasculated1830 eunuchal1878 neuter1893 eunuchoid1894 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male > in specific quantity, form, or arrangement castrate1704 syngenesious1753 pentandrious1754 pentandrous1757 polyandrous1757 polyadelphous1778 triandrious1786 polyandrian1787 gynandrian1791 monadelphous1806 monandrous1806 tetrandrous1806 perigynous1807 octandrousa1815 pleurogynous1819 hypogynous1821 icosandrian1828 octandrian1828 pentandrian1828 polyadelphian1828 tetradynamian1828 hexandrous1830 pentadelphous1830 tetradynamous1830 triadelphous1830 triandrous1830 icosandrous1836 corollifloral1839 indefinite1839 oligandrous1851 isadelphous1855 thalamifloral1857 thalamiflorous1857 phalangiform1858 polyandrious1858 allagostemonous1879 corolliflorous1880 obdiplostemonous1882 hypogynic1886 octandrious1890 Monadelphic1959 polyandric1976 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Androgynus, an Hermaphrodite, or one who is Castrate or Effeminate. 1755 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 873 But the castrate fish..were always in season. 1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 401 Castrate, said of a stamen which wants the anther. B. n. A castrated man, a eunuch. archaic (= French castrat, Italian castrato.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of genitalia > person castrate1639 triorchis1650 monorchis1722 monorchid1857 eunuchoid1894 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person geldinga1382 eunuchc1430 spadoc1430 chastelinga1570 capon1594 castrate1639 spade1680 wether1724 demi-male1728 androgyne1742 castrato1763 hijra1838 emasculate1886 half-man- 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxx. 61 The Imperfect Castrate. 1691 T. Heyrick Misc. Poems 31 The Castrate's sneaking looks. 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams i. iii. 3 No castrate or suborner shall there be: Erewhile the castrate was the debauchee. 1905 W. G. Holmes Age Justinian & Theodora I. 134 (note) The emperor cannot even uncover his head without the castrates closing round him to intercept the gaze of rude mankind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2020). castratev. /ˈkastreɪt/ Etymology: < Latin castrāt- participial stem of castrāre to castrate, prune, expurgate, deprive of vigour, etc.: see -ate suffix³. 1. a. transitive. To remove the testicles of; to geld, emasculate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate geldc1225 lib1396 cut1465 castrate1609 delumbate1609 enervate1610 unstone1611 gliba1616 evirate1621 emasculate1623 capon1630 eunuchize1634 eunuchate1646 caponize1654 unpollux1654 eunucha1658 unman1657 dismember1697 saturnized1846 nut1916 knacker1936 1609 [see castrated adj. at Derivatives]. 1633 Bp. T. Morton Discharge Five Imputations 138 (T.) Origen—having read that scripture, ‘There be some that castrate themselves for the kingdom of God’..he did castrate himself. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 113 To eunuchate or castrate themselves. View more context for this quotation 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 90. 1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) ii. 19 The Barb. They are never castrated, for ‘a Mussulman would not mutilate..the beast of the Prophet’. b. Botany. To remove the anthers (or the pistil) of (a flower) before fecundation. ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > remove anthers or pistil castrate1859 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species (1873) ix. 236 A plant, to be hybridised, must be castrated. †2. Horticulture. To prune, remove superfluous suckers from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > remove suckers castrate1658 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 255 When your Strawberies shoot their strings, you must castrate them. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Castrating..in speaking of melons and cucumbers..signifies the same with pruning or pinching. 3. a. transferred and figurative. To deprive of vigour, force, or vitality; to mortify. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > cause to lose vitality or vigour languisha1464 castrate1554 damp1564 dead1586 flag1602 wooden1641 dispirit1647 deaden1684 disvigorate1694 devitalize1849 narcotize1852 wilt1855 woodenize1877 abirritate1882 1554 T. Martin Traictise Marriage of Priestes xi. sig. Y^v Ye castrate the desyres of the fleshe. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 181 Every subsequent action of that Parliament did castrate their hope. 1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 123 Whether they [mineral waters] do not..sooner precipitate an Ocre to the bottom, nor sooner become castrated thereby. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 163 The Victorians..Successfully castrating the body politic. †b. To mutilate, ‘cut down’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce in quantity or number thinc1440 depopulate1545 shorten1604 disquantity1608 waste1617 dequantitate1646 paucify1648 castrate1728 shrink1832 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 56 The noble kingdom of Numidia was so castrated, that it dwindled away to the Eastern Province of the Algerines. 4. To mutilate (a book, etc.) by removing a sheet or portion of it; esp. to remove obscene or objectionable passages from; to expurgate. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > post-printing processes > [verb (transitive)] > make imperfect, cut off or destroy part of book mutilate1534 castrate1627 emasculate1756 bowdlerize1836 pith1852 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend > remove objectionable passages from castrate1627 expurge1635 expurgate1678 bowdlerize1836 censor1882 1627 Let. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 295 An Oxford man..had his sermon perused and castrated before he came there. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 179. ¶5 The following Letter, which I have castrated in some places. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Castrating a book. 1753 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 136 The letter..is castrated of one of its most curious anecdotes. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 168 Talking of Rochester's Poems, he said, he had given them to Mr. Steevens to castrate for the edition of the Poets. 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 33 Gifford is at his old work of castrating my reviews. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 344 The monk Planudes amended, castrated..and remodelled..the Greek Anthology of Cephalas. Derivatives ˈcastrated adj. (in literal and figurative senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > incomplete mutilatea1522 castrated1609 mutilated1628 mutilous1649 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] > castrated geldedc1225 cutted1438 geltc1440 chaste1526 evirate1606 castrated1609 memberless1611 unpaveda1616 libbed1616 cut1624 eunuched1627 caponed1630 untesticled1668 castrate1704 eunuch1817 emasculated1830 eunuchal1878 neuter1893 eunuchoid1894 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [adjective] > having (objectionable) passages removed castrated1609 expurgated1831 expurgate1832 bowdlerized1879 1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Castrated, gelded, diminished. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 124 Castrated animals..are longer lived. View more context for this quotation 1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) II. 333 This castrated copy of the Bible. 1832 R. Southey Ess. II. 417. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xvii. 247 The horns are not developed..in the castrated male. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1639v.1554
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