Emolliate
(E*mol"li*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emolliated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] [See Emollient,
a.] To soften; to render effeminate.
Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor.
Pinkerton. Emollient
(E*mol"lient) a. [L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften,
mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See Mollify.] Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. "Emollient
applications." Arbuthnot.
Emollient
(E*mol"lient) n. (Med.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness,
etc.
Emollition
(Em`ol*li"tion) n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.
Emolument
(E*mol"u*ment) n. [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out;
e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. émolument. See
Mole a mound.] The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites,
fees, or salary.
A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office.
Bancroft. Emolumental
(E*mol`u*men"tal) a. Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn.
Emong
(E*mong" E*mongst") , prep. Among. [Obs.]
Emotion
(E*mo"tion) n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf.
F. émotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.] A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and
manifested by some sensible effect on the body.
How different the emotions between departure and return!
W. Irving.
Some vague emotion of delight.
Tennyson. Syn. — Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. — Emotion, Feeling,
Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind
alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror,
etc. Agitation may be bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle
between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of
violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or
anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." Crabb.
Emotional
(E*mo"tion*al) a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as,
an emotional nature.
Emotionalism
(E*mo"tion*al*ism) n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard
things in an emotional manner.
Emotionalize
(E*mo"tion*al*ize) v. t. To give an emotional character to.
Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as
the rule of thought and conduct.
Froude. Emotioned
(E*mo"tioned) a. Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.
