[ad. L. castrāt-us pa. pple. of castrāre; see the vb.]
A. adj. Castrated. Obs. exc. in Bot.
1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., Androgynus, an Hermaphrodite, or one who is Castrate or Effeminate.
1754. Watson, in Phil. Trans., XLVIII. 873. But the castrate fish … were always in season.
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-bk., 401. Castrate.… Said of a stamen which wants the anther.
† B. sb. A castrated man, a eunuch. Obs. (= F. castrat, It. castrato.)
1639. G. Daniel, Ecclus., xxx. 61. The Imperfect Castrate.
1691. T. Heyrick, Misc. Poems, 31. The Castrate’s sneaking looks.
