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Webster 1913 Edition
Emolliate
E-mol′li-ate
(?; 106)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Emolliated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Emolliating
.] [See ]
Emollient
, Adj.
To soften; to render effeminate.
Emolliated
by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Emolliate
EMOL'LIATE
,Verb.
T.
To soften; to render effeminate.
Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor.
[This is a new word, though well formed and applied; but what connection is there between softening and forgetting? Lost is here the proper word for forgotten.]
Definition 2024
emolliate
emolliate
English
Verb
emolliate (third-person singular simple present emolliates, present participle emolliating, simple past and past participle emolliated)
- (transitive) To soften; to render effeminate.
- Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valour. — Pinkerton.