Emolliating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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