E-mŏl'li-āte, v. t.

(Synop., § 130), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EMOLLIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EMOLLIATING.] [Lat. emollire, to soften, from e, out, and mollire, to soften, from mollis, soft.] To soften; to render effeminate.

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