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Masculate vs Emasculate - What's the difference?

masculate | emasculate |

As verbs the difference between masculate and emasculate

is that masculate is (obsolete|transitive) to make strong while emasculate is to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld.

As an adjective emasculate is

deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

masculate

English

Verb

(masculat)
  • (obsolete) To make strong.
    • (Cockeram)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    emasculate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

    • Verb

    (emasculat)
  • To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld.
  • To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
  • * V. Knox
    • Luxury had not emasculated their minds.