v. Obs. [f. L. eunūchāt- ppl. stem of eunūchāre, f. eunūchus: see EUNUCH.] trans. To make a eunuch of, castrate; to deprive of virility or generative power.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. iv. 113. To eunuchate or castrate themselves. Ibid. (1658), II. vii. 115. That Camphire Eunuchates or [printed or Eunuchates] begets in Men an impotency unto venery, observation will hardly confirm.
1721–1800. in Bailey; hence in Ash, etc.
