Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAS'TRATE, v.t. [L. castro; F. châtrer, for chastrer; Sp. and Port. castrar; It. castrare; Ar. خَضَي gatsai; Eth. ኀጸወ to castrate; Ch. חעא, to cut out or off. Class Gs, No. 41, 42.]

1. To geld; to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate.
2. To take away or retrench, as the obscene parts of a writing.
3. To take out a leaf or sheet from a book, and render it imperfect.