emolliating

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emolliating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the
           Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor.
                                                    --Pinkerton.
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