Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effeminated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Effeminating}.]
To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
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It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.
--Locke.
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