British spelling variant: to cause to become emotional; to make something emotional in character or appeal.
Formed from 'emotional' + the suffix '-ise' (British variant of American '-ize'), following British spelling conventions established in the 18th century.
British English adds '-ise' to words while American English uses '-ize'—this reflects spelling reforms that happened differently on different sides of the Atlantic, a quirk dating to Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary.
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