CASTRATE

transitive verb (~d; castrating) Etymology: Latin castratus, past participle of castrare; akin to Greek keazein to split, Sanskrit śasati he slaughters Date: 1554 to render impotent or deprive of vitality especially by psychological means, 2. to deprive of the testes ; geld , to deprive of the ovaries ; spay , ~ noun castration noun castrator noun castratory adjective