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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.
[L. emollio, mollio, to soften; mollis, soft; Eng. mellow, mild.]
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)

  1. (transitive) To soften; to render effeminate.
    Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valour. Pinkerton.