Em'phy-teu'tic,, a.

a. [Lat. emphyteuticus, from Gr. ἐμφυτεύειν, to plant in, graft, from ἐμ, for ἐν, in, and φυτεύειν, to plant, ἐμφύτευσις, Lat. emphyteusis, a planting in, grafting; a sort of land-tenure or copyhold.] Taken on hire; held on condition of payment of rent; as, emphyteutic lands.