neuter

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Neutral

   Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.

   • But if I could, by Him that gave me life, I would attach you all and make you stoop Unto the sovereign mercy of the king; But since I cannot, be it known to you I do remain as neuter.
   • This is certain, that in all our Undertakings God will be either our Friend or our Enemy. For Providence never stands neuter […]
2. 2

   Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine

   Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

   • a neuter noun
   • the neuter definite article
   • a neuter termination
3. 3

   Intransitive.

   • a neuter verb
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   1. 4

      Sexless

      Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.

      • […] I should never have anticipated that natural selection could have been efficient in so high a degree, had not the case of these neuter insects convinced me of the fact.
   2. 5

      Sexless, nonsexual.

      • Rich girls stayed home and got married and then "put out" occasionally, but only as their wifely duty. Prior to the sexual revolution in the 1960s southern belles were the most neuter members of the human race[.]
   3. 6

      Castrated

      Castrated; having had the reproductive organs removed.

   4. 7

      An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs,…

      An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

   5. 8

      One who has been neutered

      One who has been neutered; eunuch.

      • the information i acquire may help me finalize my decision to become a neuter. let me say that castration is (for me) in no way a short term goal. it's something i've heard about, thought about, and believe may benefit me personally.
      • I WOULD SOONER BECOME A NEUTER no seriously tell me where the libido-suppressing pills are
      • You can change yourself into a neuter, but you can't become the opposite sex.
   6. 9

      The act of neutering (typically an animal)

      • Well, we've had a young (probably around a year old, but I'm guessing), intact (he's scheduled for a neuter, but it's one of those "when we get a spare minute" type of things) male Shih-tzu/shih-tzu mix come in about a month ago.
   7. 10

      A person who takes no part in a contest

      A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.

      • But if you should beecome eyther a counterfayt Protestant, or a perverse Papist, or a colde and carelesse newter (which God forbid) the harme could not be expressed which you should do to your native Cuntrie.
      • Friends, neuters, enemies, all are as one, to make a fool a madman is their sport […].
   8. 11

      The neuter gender.

   9. 12

      A noun of the neuter gender

      A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

   10. 13

       An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.

       • Make one do, or act (to), fare fare, fare agire, with an accusative when the verb is a neuter, and with a dative when otherwise.
       • Compound verbs other than those already spoken of whereby neuters are made active, are very rare, as I have already hinted under the head of nouns.
       • In all the Apachean languages, verbs are divided into two major categories, neuters and actives, each of which may be further divided into intransitives, transitives, and passives.
   11. 14

       To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring

       To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.

   12. 15

       To rid of sexuality.

   13. 16

       To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.

       • Congress neutered the bill by adding an exception for big corporations.
       • Here wrangling, bitty conflicts neutered change.
       • This collusion with the forces of corporate oppression neuters the press, Trump's critics and the Democratic Party.
   14. 17

       To make grammatically neuter.

       • At their religious services Am Tikva makes all attempts to de-genderize the liturgy by neutering English nouns and pronouns and, when Hebrew is used, by using both masculine and the feminine forms of the language.

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