Cās'trāte, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CASTRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CASTRATING.] [Lat. & It. castrare, Pr., Sp., & Pg. castrar, O. Fr. chastrer, N. Fr. châtrer.]
Sense 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld.
Sense 2. To take away, 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.
Sense 3. To take out a leaf or sheet from, and thus render imperfect, as a book.