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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Em-poi'son, v. t. p. 443To poison. See Poison. Shak.Em-poi'son, n. p. 443Poison. [Obs.]Em-poi'son-er, n. p. 443One who poisons.Em·poi'son·ment, n. p. 443The act of administering poison, or causing it to be taken. [Obs.] Bacon.Ĕm'po-rĕt'ie or Ĕm'po-rĕt'ie-al, a. p. 443Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] Johnson.Em-pō'ri-ŭm, n. p. 443A place in which merchandise is collected, exchanged, or traded in; especially, a place of extensive commerce; the center of an extensive trade; a market-place; a mart. It is pride ... which fills…Em-pŏv'er-ĭsh, v. t. p. 443See IMPOVERISH.Em-pow'er, v. t. p. 443To give legal or moral power or authority to; to authorize, either by law, commission, letter of attorney, natural right, or by verbal license; as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide…Ĕm'press, n. p. 443The consort or spouse of an emperor. 2. A female who governs an empire; a female invested with imperial power or sovereignty.Em-print', v. t. p. 443See IMPRINT.Em-prĭse', n. p. 443An undertaking; an enterprise. [Poet.] “Give me leave to follow mine emprise.” Spenser. I love thy courage yet and bold emprise; But here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.Em-pris'on, v. t. p. 443See IMPRISON.Em'pros-thōt'o-nōs, n. p. 443(Med.) A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles.Emp'ti-er, n. p. 443One who, or that which, empties or exhausts.Emp'ti-ness, n. p. 443The state of being empty; absence of-matter; void space, or vacuum; exhaustion; destitution; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach. 2. Want of solidity or substance…Emp'tion, n. p. 443The act of buying. [Rare.] Arbuthnot.Emp'tion-al, a. p. 443Capable of being purchased.Emp'ty, a. p. 443Containing nothing; not holding or having any thing within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled;—said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, &c.; as, an empty chest; an empty room…Ĕmp'ty, v. t. p. 443To exhaust; to make void or destitute; to deprive of the contents; to pour out; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.Ĕmp'ty, v. i. p. 443To pour or flow out; to discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean. 2. To become empty.Ĕmp'ty-hānd'ed, a. p. 443Having nothing in the hands; destitute.Emp'ty-hēad'ed, a. p. 443Having few ideas.Ĕmp'ty-heärt'ed, a. p. 443Destitute of feeling. Shak.Emp'ty-ing, n. p. 443The act of making empty. Shak. 2. (pl.) The lees of beer, cider, &c.; yeast. [U. S.]Ĕm'p'ty-sĭs, n. p. 443(Med.) The expectoration of blood produced by hemorrhage of the lungs.Em-pūgn', v. t. p. 443See IMPUGN.Em-pūr'ple, v. t. p. 443To tinge or dye of a purple color; to discolor or stain with purple. “The deep empurpled ran.” Philips.Em-pūse', n. p. 443A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Em-pŭz'zle, v. t. p. 443To puzzle. [Obs.] Browne.Ĕm'py-ē'mă, n. p. 443(Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.Em'py-ē'sis, n. p. 443(Med.) An eruption of pustules.Em-pyr'e-al, a. p. 443Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven. Or, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope.Em'py-rē'an, a. p. 443Empyreal. Akenside.Ĕm'py-rē'an, n. p. 443The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist. The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. Milton.Ĕm'py-reu'mă, n. p. 443(Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels, arising from an oil developed by the process of decomposition.Em'py-reu-māt'ie or Em'py-reu-māt'ie-al, a. p. 443Pertaining to, possessing, or resembling the taste or smell of burnt animal or vegetable substances.Em'py-reu'ma-tize, v. t. p. 443To render empyreumatic; to burn. [Rare.]Em-py'rie-al, a. p. 443Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan.Em'py-rō'sis, n. p. 443A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.]Em'rods, n. p. 443The same as EMERODS.Ē'mū, n. p. 443(Ornith.) A bird of very large size, found in Australia, the Dromaius Nova Hollandicæ, related to the cassowary and the ostrich. It is very fleet of foot, but, like the ostrich, is unable to fly.…Ĕm'ū-la-ble, a. p. 443Capable of being emulated or attained by emulous endeavors. [Rare.] “Some imitable and emulable good.” Leighton.Ĕm'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 443To strive to equal or excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or excel; to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. Thy eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.…Ĕm'ū-late, a. p. 443Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] “A most emulate pride.” Shak.Em'u-lā'tion, n. p. 443The act of attempting to equal or excel in qualities or actions; rivalry; desire of superiority, attended with effort to attain it; ambition to equal or excel. A noble emulation heats your breast.…Em'ū-lā'tive, a. p. 443Inclined to emulation; disposed to competition; rivaling. “Emulative zeal.” Hoole.Em'u-lā'tive-ly, adv. p. 443With emulation; ambitiously.Ĕm'ū-lā'tor, n. p. 443One who emulates; a rival; a competitor. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Warburton.Ĕm'ū-la-to-ry, a. p. 443Emulating; emulous. [Rare.] “Emulatory officiousness.” Bp. Hall.Ĕm'ū-lā'tress, n. p. 443A female who emulates.Ēm'ūle, v. t. p. 443To emulate. [Obs.] “Emuled of many.” Spenser.E-mŭl'ge, v. t. p. 443To milk out; to drain. [Obs.] Bailey.E-mūl'gent, a. p. 443(Anat.) Milking or draining out;—said of the renal arteries and veins, which, by the ancients, were regarded as if milking or straining the serum, and so producing the urine.E-mūl'gent, n. p. 443(Med.) (a.) An emulgent vessel. (b.) A remedy which excites the flow of bile. Hoblyn.Em'ū-lōus, a. p. 443Ambitiously desirous or eager to imitate, equal, or excel another; desirous of like excellence with another; — with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues. 2. Engaged in competition…Em'ū-lōus-ly, adv. p. 443With desire of equaling or excelling another.Ĕm'ū-lōūs-ness, n. p. 443The quality of being emulous.E-mūl'sic, a. p. 443Pertaining to, or procured from, emulsine; as, emulsic acid. Hoblyn.E-múl'sine, n. p. 443(Chem.) An albuminous or caseous matter contained in almonds. Gregory.E-mūl’sion, n. p. 443(Med.) A soft, liquid remedy, of a color and consistence resembling milk; any milk-like mixture prepared by uniting oil and water, by means of another substance, saccharine or mucilaginous.