Castrate
Pronunciation : Cas"trate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. ?astra knife.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913