Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to castrate
Participle: castrated
Gerund: castrating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | castrate |
| you | castrate |
| he;she;it | castrates |
| we | castrate |
| you | castrate |
| they | castrate |
Perfect
| I | have castrated |
| you | have castrated |
| he;she;it | has castrated |
| we | have castrated |
| you | have castrated |
| they | have castrated |
Past
| I | castrated |
| you | castrated |
| he;she;it | castrated |
| we | castrated |
| you | castrated |
| they | castrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had castrated |
| you | had castrated |
| he;she;it | had castrated |
| we | had castrated |
| you | had castrated |
| they | had castrated |
Future
| I | will castrate |
| you | will castrate |
| he;she;it | will castrate |
| we | will castrate |
| you | will castrate |
| they | will castrate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have castrated |
| you | will have castrated |
| he;she;it | will have castrated |
| we | will have castrated |
| you | will have castrated |
| they | will have castrated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | castrate |
| you | castrate |
| he;she;it | castrate |
| we | castrate |
| you | castrate |
| they | castrate |
Perfect
| I | have castrated |
| you | have castrated |
| he;she;it | have castrated |
| we | have castrated |
| you | have castrated |
| they | have castrated |
Imperfect
| I | castrated |
| you | castrated |
| he;she;it | castrated |
| we | castrated |
| you | castrated |
| they | castrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had castrated |
| you | had castrated |
| he;she;it | had castrated |
| we | had castrated |
| you | had castrated |
| they | had castrated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would castrate |
| you | would castrate |
| he;she;it | would castrate |
| we | would castrate |
| you | would castrate |
| they | would castrate |
Perfect
| I | would have castrated |
| you | would have castrated |
| he;she;it | would have castrated |
| we | would have castrated |
| you | would have castrated |
| they | would have castrated |
Imperative
| you | castrate |
| we | Let's castrate |
| you | castrate |
Verbs conjugated like 'castrate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'castrate'
camerate,
caseate,
cassate,
castigate,
citrate,
latrate,
lustrate,
uncastrate,
actuate,
adorate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin castrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin castrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Displaced native geld in its broader sense. See: Latin '
castrō'.
Sample Sentences
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If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body. [1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129:]