Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-MOL'LI-ATE, v.t. [L. emollio, mollio, to soften; mollis, soft; Eng. mellow, mild; Russ. miluyu, to pity; umiliayus, to repent. See Mellow.]

To soften; to render effeminate. Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. – Pinkerton, Geog. [This is a new word, though well formed and applied; but what connection is there between softening and forgetting? Lost is here the proper word for forgotten.]