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emotionalise en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English emotional English -ise English emotionalise From emotional + -ise.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
emotionalises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
emotionalising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
emotionalised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
emotionalised Tense=Past lexicographic