Bible Dictionaries
Castrate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

(2):

(v. t.) To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Castrate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/castrate.html. 1828.