n. (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft. ] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emolliated p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating. ] [ See Emollient, a. ] To soften; to render effeminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [ R. ] Evelyn.

{ , prep. Among. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]