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Definition of Evirate
1. v. t. To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood.
Definition of Evirate
1. Verb. To castrate. ¹
2. Verb. To render weak or unmanly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evirate
1. to castrate [v EVIRATED, EVIRATING, EVIRATES] - See also: castrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evirate
Literary usage of Evirate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"... daughter of Thomas High- gate, or H evirate, of Haves, Middlesex, and his
brother had already married her elder si-ter. Ile was married in his college ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... subsequently received orders in the Anglican Church, in which he worked for
five years as a evirate. His first mission was at Barnstaple in Devonshire. ..."
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