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Emolliate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMOL'LIATE, v.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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Emolliate E*mol"li*ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emolliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] [See Emollient, a.] To soften; to render effeminate. Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. --Pinkerton.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Soften, effeminate, emasculate, make effeminate.