emaculate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin emaculatus, past participle of emaculare (“to clear from spots”). See maculate. === Verb === emaculate (third-person singular simple present emaculates, present participle emaculating, simple past and past participle emaculated) (obsolete) To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. === References === “emaculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.