What is to make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken. It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke called?
effeminate — To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken. It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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