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Castrating
Castrate Cas"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. 2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. --Spectator.
Castration
Castration Cas*tra"tion, n. [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.] The act of castrating.
Semicastration
Semicastrate Sem`i*cas"trate, v. t. To deprive of one testicle. -- Sem`i*cas*tra"tion,n.

Meaning of Castrati from wikipedia

- A castrato (Italian; pl.: castrati) is a male singer who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain a singing voice equivalent to that of a...
- of a fashion for castrati. For example, the latter took several roles in the first performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (1607). Castrati were already prominent...
- eunuchs were known as castrati. As women were sometimes forbidden to sing in Church, their place was taken by castrati. Castrati became very po****r in...
- Below is a list of notable individuals from Italy, distinguished by their connection to the nation through residence, legal status, historical influence...
- countertenors were written for castrati. Some of the alto parts of Handel's Messiah were first sung by a castrato. Castrati include Farinelli, Senesino,...
- University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-815034-3. Piotr O. Scholz (2001). Eunuchs and castrati: a cultural history. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-55876-201-5...
- on stage in most of the Papal States, castrati regularly pla**** the parts of women. The tradition of the castrati never extended to France, and when Sarrasine...
- puberty, which prevented a boy's larynx from being transformed at puberty. Castrati such as Farinelli and Senesino, as well as female sopranos such as Faustina...
- others to limit themselves to the extent of their dioceses. Leo then banned castrati from marrying. He also issued an appeal for help against the Arab raiders...
- Historically, a strategy for avoiding the shift altogether was castration. Castrati are first do****ented in Italian church records from the 1550s. Mozart's...