† ˈeunuchate, v. Obs.
[f. L. eunūchāt- ppl. stem of eunūchāre, f. eunūchus: see eunuch.]
trans. To make a eunuch of, castrate; to deprive of virility or generative power.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. iv. 113 To eunuchate or castrate themselves. Ibid. ii. vii. 115 That Camphire Eunuchates or [printed or Eunuchates] begets in men an impotency unto venery, observation will hardly confirm. 1721–1800 in Bailey; hence in Ash, etc. |