Definition of Castrete
Cas"trate (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of
castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra
knife.] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to
emasculate; to geld; to alter.
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove
anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts
of a writing; to expurgate.
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
following letter, which I have castrated in some
places.
Spectator.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to remove the testicles of
- to remove the ovaries of
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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