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evirated

evirated is the simple past and past participle of evirate.

Meaning of evirate

Verb

evirate (third-person singular simple present evirates, present participle evirating, simple past and past participle evirated)

  1. To castrate.
    • Some philosophers and divines have evirated themselves, and put out their eyes voluntarily, the better to contemplate.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. To render weak or unmanly.

Questions about evirated

What is evirated the simple past and past participle of?
Evirated is the simple past and past participle of evirate.

Words near evirated in the dictionary

  1. evincive
  2. Evington
  3. eviphidid
  4. eviphidids
  5. evirate
  6. evirated
  7. evirates
  8. evirating
  9. eviration
  10. Eviron
  11. Evis

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