Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emasculated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Emasculating}.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus
   male, masculine. See {Male} masculine.]
   1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate
      power; to castrate; to geld.

   2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to
      render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

            Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.

Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, a.
   Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. ``Emasculate
   slave.'' --Hammond.

Source : WordNet®

emasculate
     adj : having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: {effeminate}, {epicene},
            {cissy}, {sissified}, {sissyish}, {sissy}]

emasculate
     v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the
          law" [syn: {castrate}]
     2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: {castrate}, {demasculinize},
         {demasculinise}]