emolliate

verb

emolliate

verb

Etymology See emollient.

1

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, […] :

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