"eunuchate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: eunuchates [present, singular, third-person], eunuchating [participle, present], eunuchated [participle, past], eunuchated [past]
Etymology: Latin eunuchatus, perfect participle of eunucho. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|eunuchatus}} Latin eunuchatus Head templates: {{en-verb}} eunuchate (third-person singular simple present eunuchates, present participle eunuchating, simple past and past participle eunuchated)
  1. (transitive, dated) To make a eunuch of; to castrate (a man). Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-eunuchate-en-verb-ZoeFkZvE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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