[emas.cu.late] vt -lat.ed ; -lat.ing [L emasculatus, pp. of emasculare, fr. e- + masculus male--more at male] (1607) 1: to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit: weaken
2: to deprive of virility or procreative power: castrate
3: to remove the androecium of (a flower) in the process of artificial cross-pollination syn see unnerve -- emas.cu.late adj -- emas.cu.la.tion n -- emas.cu.la.tor n