What is to grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope called?
effeminate — To grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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