Meanings
verbemotionalise (third-person singular simple present emotionalises, present participle emotionalising, simple past and past participle emotionalised)
present singular third person emotionalises · participle present emotionalising · participle past emotionalised · past emotionalised
- alternativeAlternative spelling of emotionalize.
This union exalted him, wore away the rough edges of his character, emotionalised his mental life.
1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “A Painful Case”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 135
Origin
- Latinēmoveō
- Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
- Old Frenchesmovoir
- Middle Frenchesmouvoir
- Middle Frenchemotion
- Englishemotion
- Englishemotional
- Englishemotionalise
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