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<hw>E*mol"lient</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emolliens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>emollire</ets> to soften; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>mollire</ets> to soften, <ets>mollis</ets> soft: cf. F. <ets>\'82mollient</ets>. See <er>Mollify</er>.]</ety> <def>Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.</def> "<i>Emollient</i> applications."

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Emollient</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mol"lient</hw> <tt>(?; 105)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.</def>

<h1>Emollition</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`ol*li"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Emolument</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mol"u*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emolumentum</ets>, lit., a working out, fr. <ets>emoliri</ets> to move out, work out; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>moliri</ets> to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. <ets>moles</ets> a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. <ets>\'82molument</ets>. See <er>Mole</er> a mound.]</ety> <def>The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.</def>

<blockquote>A long . . . enjoyment of the <b>emoluments</b> of office. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emolumental</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mol`u*men"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an emolument; profitable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Emong, Emongst</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw><hw>E*mong"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*mongst"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw><def>, (<?/), <i>prep</i>. Among.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Emotion</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mo"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emovere</ets>, <ets>emotum</ets>, to remove, shake, stir up; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>movere</ets> to move: cf. F. <ets>\'82motion</ets>. See <er>Move</er>, and cf. <er>Emmove</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>How different the <b>emotions</b> between departure and return! <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some vague <b>emotion</b> of delight. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. -- <er>Emotion</er>, <er>Feeling</er>, <er>Agitation</er>. <i>Feeling</i> is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. <i>Emotion</i> is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; <as>as, an <ex>emotion</ex> of pity, terror, etc.</as> <i>Agitation</i> may the bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See <er>Passion</er>. "<i>Agitations</i> have but one character, viz., that of violence; <i>emotions</i> vary with the objects that awaken them. There are <i>emotions</i> either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing."</syn>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Emotioned</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mo"tioned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with emotion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "The <i>emotioned</i> soul."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Emotional</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mo"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; <as>as, an <ex>emotional</ex> nature</as>.</def>

<h1>Emotionalism</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mo"tion*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.</def>