Cas″trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra 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.