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▪ I. † ˈevirate, ppl. a. Obs. [ad. L. ēvirāt- ppl. stem of ēvirāre: see next.] Castrated, emasculated; deprived of manly strength or vigour.1606 Holland Sueton. Annot. 15 The water..drunken, caused men to be evirate and effeminate. 1609 ― Amm. Marcel. xxvii. x. 321 A certaine esquier or targuetier, ...
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evirato
‖ evirato (eviˈrato) Pl. evirati. [Italian, ad. L. ēvirātus, pa. pple. of ēvirāre: see evirate v.] A male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain an alto or soprano voice. Cf. castrato.1796 Burney Metastasio III. 330 The exquisite voices and refinements in singing of the Evirati. 1879 J. Marshal...
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eviration
eviration (ɛvɪˈreɪʃən) [ad. L. ēvirātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēvirāre: see evirate v.] The action of depriving of virility; the state of being deprived of virility; emasculation. Also fig.1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1232 They had saved the children of Greeks from eviration. 1654 Ussher Ann. vi. (165...
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eviscerate
▪ I. eviscerate, ppl. a. (ɪˈvɪsərət) [ad. L. ēviscerāt-us, pa. pple. of ēviscerāre: see next.] Drawn from the bowels (of the earth).1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai iv. 352 Lay blocks of sapphire shapeless, out of earth As fresh eviscerate.▪ II. eviscerate, v. (ɪˈvɪsəreɪt) [f. L. ēviscerāt- ppl. stem of ē...
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