Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To rob or deprive of virility or vigor; emasculate; deprive of vitality or force; weaken.

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  • They had their supposed role to play, doubtless, in the attempt on the part of Cos to depress the sexual vitality of the males of Ar, to devirilize them and make them easier to manage.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • They had their supposed role to play, doubtless, in the attempt on the part of Cos to depress the sexual vitality of the males of Ar, to devirilize them and make them easier to manage.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

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