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emolliate

emolliate verb: to soften (e.g. pain), or to render effeminate.

Verb

emolliate (third-person singular simple present emolliates, present participle emolliating, simple past and past participle emolliated)

  1. (transitive) To soften (e.g. pain), or to render effeminate.
    • Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valour.1806, John Pinkerton, Modern Geography: A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies, […]

Forms of emolliate

third-person singular presentemolliates
present participleemolliating
past participleemolliated
pastemolliated

Origin of emolliate

See emollient.

Questions about emolliate

What does emolliate mean?
Emolliate means to soften (e.g. pain), or to render effeminate.
What part of speech is emolliate?
Emolliate is a verb.
What is the past tense of emolliate?
The past tense of emolliate is emolliated.

Words near emolliate in the dictionary

  1. emojilike
  2. emojipasta
  3. emojis
  4. emokid
  5. emollescence
  6. emolliate
  7. emolliated
  8. emolliates
  9. emolliating
  10. emollience
  11. emolliences

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