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Meaning of 'effeminate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Effeminate [ a.]
- Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
- Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
2 . Effeminate [ v. i.]
- To grow womanish or weak.
3 . Effeminate [ v. t.]
- To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

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