1. (v. t.) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

2. (v. t.) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

3. (a.) Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

alter castrate cripple debilitate demasculinize desex desexualize devitalize disable effeminate effeminatize effeminize enervate etiolate eunuchize exhaust fix forceless geld hamstring hobble impotent inadequate incapacitate ineffective ineffectual lame maim sissify soften spay spineless sterilize unman unnerve unsex unstring wan weak wing womanize