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uncastrate

uncastrate verb: to undo the castration of.

Verb

uncastrate (third-person singular simple present uncastrates, present participle uncastrating, simple past and past participle uncastrated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To undo the castration of.
    • By changing her sex, Catherine seeks a way to uncastrate herself, to possess the power of her writer-husband.1999, Debra Moddelmog, Reading Desire: In Pursuit of Ernest Hemingway, page 68

Forms of uncastrate

third-person singular presentuncastrates
present participleuncastrating
past participleuncastrated
pastuncastrated

Origin of uncastrate

From un- + castrate.

Questions about uncastrate

What does uncastrate mean?
Uncastrate means to undo the castration of.
What part of speech is uncastrate?
Uncastrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncastrate?
The past tense of uncastrate is uncastrated.

Words near uncastrate in the dictionary

  1. uncastle
  2. uncastled
  3. uncastles
  4. uncastling
  5. uncastratable
  6. uncastrate
  7. uncastrated
  8. uncastrates
  9. uncastrating
  10. uncasts
  11. uncasual

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