The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Emotionalize \E*mo"tion*al*ize\, v. t.
   To give an emotional character to.
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         Brought up in a pious family where religion was not
         talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the
         rule of thought and conduct.             --Froude.
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