The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to
      render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
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            Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
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