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castrate
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
neuter \neu"ter\, v. t. To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to castrate; in female animals, to spay. [PJC] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Castrate \Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. [1913 Webster] 2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. [1913 Webster] My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
