Em-. A prefix. See En-.

Emaceration
E•mac•er•a´tion, n. Emaciation. [Obs.]

Emaciate
E•ma´ci•ate, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Emaciated p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

Emaciate
E•ma´ci•ate, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as his sickness emaciated him.

Emaciate
E•ma´ci•ate, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.

Emaciation
E•ma•ci•a´tion, n. [Cf. F. emaciation.]
1. The act of making very lean.
2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Emaculate
E•mac´u•late, v. t. [L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate.] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.] Hales.

Emanant
Em´a•nant, a. [L. emanans, -antis, p. pr. of emanare. See Emanate.] Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; — said of mental acts; as an emanant volition.

Emanation
Em•a•na´tion, n. [L. emanatio: cf. F. emanation.]
1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South.
"Those profitable and excellent emanations from God." Jer. Taylor.
2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as perfume is an emanation from a flower.
"An emanation of the indwelling life." Bryant.

Emanative
Em´a•na•tive, a. Issuing forth; effluent.

Emanatively
Em´a•na•tive•ly, adv. By an emanation.

Emanatory
Em´a•na•to•ry, a. Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. Dr. H. More.

Emancipate
E•man´ci•pate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emancipated p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.] [L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable.] To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as to emancipate a slave, or a country.
"Brasidas … declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas." Jowett (Thucyd. ). (c) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
"From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences … he had emancipated and freed himself." Evelyn.
"To emancipate the human conscience." A. W. Ward.

Emancipate
E•man´ci•pate, a. [L. emancipatus, p. p.] Set at liberty.

Emancipation
E•man•ci•pa´tion, n. [L. emancipatio: cf. F. emancipation.] The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also the state of being thus set free; liberation; as the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
Syn. — Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission; enfranchisement.

Emancipationist
E•man•ci•pa´tion•ist, n. An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.

Emancipator
E•man´ci•pa•tor, n. [L.] One who emancipates.

Emancipatory
E•man´ci•pa•to•ry, a. Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. "Emancipatory laws." G. Eliot.

Emancipist
E•man´ci•pist, n. A freed convict. [Australia]

Emarginate
E•mar´gi•nate, v. t. [L. emarginare; e out + marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.] To take away the margin of. { E•mar´gi•nate, E•mar´gi•na•ted } a.
1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
2. (Bot.) Notched at the summit.
3. (Cryst.) Having the edges truncated.

Emarginately
E•mar´gi•nate•ly, adv. In an emarginate manner.

Emargination
E•mar•gi•na´tion, n. The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.

Emasculate
E•mas´cu•late, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emasculated p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating ] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
"Luxury had not emasculated their minds." V. Knox.

Emasculate
E•mas´cu•late, a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.

Emasculation
E•mas•cu•la´tion, n.
1. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
2. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.

Emasculator
E•mas´cu•la•tor, n. [L.] One who, or that which, emasculates.

Emasculatory
E•mas´cu•la•to•ry, a. Serving or tending to emasculate.

Embace
Em•bace´, v. t. See Embase. [Obs.]

Embalmment
Em•balm´ment, n. [Cf. F. embaumement.] The act of embalming. [R.] Malone.

Embank
Em•bank´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embanked p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank.] To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

Embar
Em•bar´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embarred p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.]
1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.
"Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall." Spenser.
2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
"He embarred all further trade." Bacon.

Embargo
Em•bar´go, n. ; pl. Embargoes (#). [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail. If the embargo is laid on an enemy’s ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.

Embargo
Em•bar´go, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embargoed p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; — said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

Embarkation
Em•bar•ka´tion, n.
1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as the embarkation of troops.
2. That which is embarked; as an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.

Embarkment
Em•bark´ment, n. [Cf. F. embarquement.] Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.

Embarrass
Em•bar´rass (em•bar"r as), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embarrassed (- r ast); p. pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embaraçar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See Bar.]
1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as laughter may embarrass an orator.
2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.
3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; — said of a person or his affairs; as a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.
Syn. — To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. — To Embarrass, Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind.

Embarrass
Em•bar´rass, n. [F. embarras. See Embarrass, v. t.] Embarrassment. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.

Embase
Em•base´, v. t. [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.] To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.]
"Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills." Sylvester.
"Alloy in coin of gold … may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it." Bacon.
"Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity." South.

Embasement
Em•base´ment, n. [From Embase, v. t.] Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.

Embassage
Em´bas•sage ( 48), n.
1. An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon.
"Except your embassages have better success." Motley.
2. Message; errand. Shak.

Embassy
Em´bas•sy, n. ; pl. Embassies (#). [OF. ambassee, embascee, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts servant, G. amt office, OHG. ambaht. Cf. Ambassador.]
1. The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message.
"He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees." Jer. Taylor.
2. The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.
3. The residence or office of an ambassador. Sometimes, but rarely, spelled ambassy.

Embathe
Em•bathe´, v. t. [Pref. em- + bathe. Cf. Imbathe.] To bathe; to imbathe.

Embattlement
Em•bat´tle•ment, n.
1. An intended parapet; a battlement.
2. The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.

Embay
Em•bay´, v. t. [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.] To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.] Spenser.

Embay
Em•bay´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embayed p. pr. & vb. n. Embaying.] [Pref. em- + 1st bay.] To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.
"If that the Turkish fleet Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned." Shak.

Embeam
Em•beam´, v. t. To make brilliant with beams. [R.] G. Fletcher.

Embed
Em•bed´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

Embellish
Em•bel´lish, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embellished p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.
Syn. — To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.

Embellishment
Em•bel´lish•ment, n. [Cf. F. embellissement.]
1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.
"In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it." Prescott.
2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as pictorial embellishments.
"The graces and embellishments of the exterior man." I. Taylor.

Ember
Em´ber, n. [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. myrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.] A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; — used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden.
"He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel." Colebrooke.

Ember
Em´ber, a. [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.] Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as ember fasts. Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [a. d. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.

Emberizidae n. a natural subfamily including buntings and some New World sparrows.Syn. — subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae. [WordNet 1.5]

Embetter
Em•bet´ter, v. t. To make better. [Obs.]

Embezzle
Em•bez´zle (em•bez"z’l), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embezzled (- z’ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling ] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.]
1. To appropriate fraudulently to one’s own use, as property intrusted to one’s care; to apply to one’s private uses by a breach of trust; as to embezzle money held in trust.
2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.]
"To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming." Sharp.

Embezzler
Em•bez´zler, n. One who embezzles.

Embillow
Em•bil´low, v. i. To swell or heave like a wave of the sea. [R.] Lisle.

Embiotocoid
Em•bi•ot´o•coid, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidae. — n. One of a family of fishes ( Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; — also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.

Embitter
Em•bit´ter, v. t. To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

Emblanch
Em•blanch´, v. t. [Pref. em- + 1st blanch.] To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] Heylin.

Emblazoning
Em•bla´zon•ing, n. The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

Emblazonment
Em•bla´zon•ment, n. An emblazoning.

Emblazonry
Em•bla´zon•ry, n. ; pl. Emblazonries . The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.
"Thine ancient standard’s rich emblazonry." Trench.

Emblem
Em´blem, n. [F. emblème, L. emblema, -atis, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. a thing put in or on, fr. to throw, lay, put in; in + to throw. See In, and Parable.]
1. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.
3. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation. Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such emblems, and many collections of them were published.
Syn. — Sign; symbol; type; device; signal; token. — Sign, Emblem, Symbol, Type. Sign is the generic word comprehending all significant representations. An emblem is a visible object representing another by a natural suggestion of characteristic qualities, or an habitual and recognized association; as a circle, having no apparent beginning or end, is an emblem of eternity; a particular flag is the emblem of the country or ship which has adopted it for a sign and with which it is habitually associated. Between emblem and symbol the distinction is slight, and often one may be substituted for the other without impropriety. See Symbol. Thus, a circle is either an emblem or a symbol of eternity; a scepter, either an emblem or a symbol of authority; a lamb, either an emblem or a symbol of meekness. "An emblem is always of something simple; a symbol may be of something complex, as of a transaction … In consequence we do not speak of actions emblematic." C. J. Smith. A type is a representative example, or model, exhibiting the qualities common to all individuals of the class to which it belongs; as the Monitor is a type of a class of war vessels.

Emblem
Em´blem, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emblemed p. pr. & vb. n. Embleming.] To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.]
"Emblemed by the cozening fig tree." Feltham. { Em•blem•at´ic, Em•blem•at´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. emblematique.] Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. — Em•blem•at´ic•al•ly, adv.

Emblematist
Em•blem´a•tist, n. A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne.

Emblematize
Em•blem´a•tize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emblematized p. pr. & vb. n. Emblematizing ] To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.
"Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure." Bp. Hurd.

Emblemize
Em´blem•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emblemized p. pr. & vb. n. Emblemizing ] To represent by an emblem; to emblematize. [R.]

Emblossom
Em•blos´som, v. t. To cover or adorn with blossoms.
"On the white emblossomed spray." J. Cunningham.

Embodier
Em•bod´i•er, n. One who embodies.

Embodiment
Em•bod´i•ment, n.
1. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.
2. That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.

Embody
Em•bod´y, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embodied p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.] To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as to embody one’s ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.]
"Devils embodied and disembodied." Sir W. Scott.
"The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin." South.

Embody
Em•bod´y, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.]
"Firmly to embody against this court party." Burke.

Embogue
Em•bogue´, v. i. [See Disembogue.] To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. [R.]

Emboil
Em•boil´, v. i. To boil with anger; to effervesce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Emboil
Em•boil´, v. t. To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. [Obs.] Spenser.

Emboîtement
Em•boîte"ment, n. [F., fr. emboîter to fit in, insert; en in + boîte box.] (Biol.) The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.

Embolden
Em•bold´en, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emboldened p. pr. & vb. n. Emboldening ] To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak.
"The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office." Sir W. Scott.

Embolic
Em•bol´ic, a. [Gr. to throw in. See Embolism.]
1. Embolismic.
2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as an embolic abscess.
3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Embolite
Em´bo•lite, n. [From Gr. something thrown in between.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.

Embolus
Em´bo•lus, n. ; pl. Emboli (#). [L., fr. Gr. pointed so as to be put or thrust in, fr. to throw, thrust, or put in. See Emblem.]
1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.
2. (Med.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

Embosom
Em•bos´om, v. t. [Written also imbosom.]
1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.
"Glad to embosom his affection." Spenser.
2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
"His house embosomed in the grove." Pope.
"Some tender flower … . Embosomed in the greenest glade." Keble.

Emboss
Em•boss´ ( 115), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embossed ( 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
1. To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.
"Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss." Milton.
2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.
"Then o’er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo’s death." Dryden.
"Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground." Sir W. Scott.

Emboss
Em•boss´, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]

Emboss
Em•boss´, v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]
1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.]
"In the Arabian woods embossed." Milton.
2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
"A knight her met in mighty arms embossed." Spenser.

Emboss
Em•boss´, v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.

Embossed
Em•bossed´ ( 115), a.
1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.

Embosser
Em•boss´er ( 115), n. One who embosses.

Embossment
Em•boss´ment, n.
1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect. "The embossment of the figure." Addison.

Embottle
Em•bot´tle, v. t. To bottle. [R.] Phillips.

Embouchure
Em•bou•chure´, n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.]
1. The mouth of a river; also the mouth of a cannon.
2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as a flute player has a good embouchure.

Embowel
Em•bow´el, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emboweled or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]
1. To disembowel.
"The barbarous practice of emboweling." Hallam.
"The boar … makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms." Shak. Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.
2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.
"Or deep emboweled in the earth entire." Spenser.

Embowelment
Em•bow´el•ment, n. Disembowelment.

Embower
Em•bow´er, v. t. To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also imbower.] [Poetic] Milton. — v. i. To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow’ring. " Spenser.

Embowl
Em•bowl´, v. t. To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Embox
Em•box´, v. t. To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.

Emboyssement
Em•boysse´ment, n. [See Embushment.] An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Embracement
Em•brace´ment, n. [Cf. F. embrassement.]
1. A clasp in the arms; embrace.
"Dear though chaste embracements." Sir P. Sidney.
2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.]
"In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones." Bacon.
3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.]
"A ready embracement of … his kindness." Barrow.

Embraceor
Em•brace´or, n. (Law) One guilty of embracery.

Embracer
Em•bra´cer, n. One who embraces.

Embracery
Em•bra´cer•y, n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

Embracive
Em•bra´cive, a. Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] Thackeray.

Embraid
Em•braid´, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.]
1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Embranchment
Em•branch´ment, n. [Cf. F. embranchement.] The branching forth, as of trees.

Embrangle
Em•bran´gle, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle.] To confuse; to entangle.
"I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties." Berkeley.

Embrasure
Em•bra´sure ( 135), n. [See Embrace.] An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures." Shak.

Embrasure
Em•bra´sure (277), n. [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ebraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window.
"Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window’s embrasure, Sat the lovers." Longfellow.
2. (Fort.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

Embrawn
Em•brawn´, v. t. To harden. [Obs.]
"It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh." Nash.

Embread
Em•bread´, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + bread = 1st braid.] To braid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Embreathement
Em•breathe´ment, n. The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.]
"The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost." W. Lee.

Embrew
Em•brew´, v. t. To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Spenser.

Embright
Em•bright´, v. t. To brighten. [Obs.]

Embrocate
Em´bro•cate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embrocated p. pr. & vb. n. Embrocating.] [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. lotion, fomentation, fr. to foment; in + to wet.] (Med.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

Embroglio
Em•brogl´io, n. See Imbroglio.

Embroidery
Em•broid´er•y, n. ; pl. Embroideries .
1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also the art of embroidering.
2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.
"Fields in spring’s embroidery are dressed." Addison.
"A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases." J. A. Symonds.

Embroil
Em•broil´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embroiled p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]
1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
"The royal house embroiled in civil war." Dryden.
2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
"The Christian antiquities at Rome … are so embroiled with able and legend." Addison.
Syn. — To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.

Embroil
Em•broil´, n. See Embroilment.

Embroilment
Em•broil´ment, n. [Cf. F. embrouillement.] The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet.

Embronze
Em•bronze´, v. t.
1. To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person. [Poetic]
2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.

Embrown
Em•brown´, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.] To give a brown color to; to imbrown.
"Summer suns embrown the laboring swain." Fenton.

Embrue
Em•brue´, v. t. See Imbrue, Embrew. [Obs.]

Embryo sac
Em"bry•o sac (Bot.) See under Embryonic.

Embryogeny
Em•bry•og´e•ny, n. [Gr. ’e•mbryon an embryo + root of to produce: cf. F. embryogenie.] (Biol.) The production and development of an embryo.

Embryogony
Em•bry•og´o•ny, n. [Gr. ’e•mbryon an embryo + gonh• generation.] (Biol.) The formation of an embryo.

Embryography
Em•bry•og´ra•phy, n. [Gr. ’e•mbryon an embryo + -graphy.] (Biol.) The general description of embryos. { Em•bry•o•log´ic, Em•bry•o•log´ic•al } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology.

Embryologist
Em•bry•ol´o•gist, n. One skilled in embryology.

Embryology
Em•bry•ol´o•gy, n. [Gr. ’e•mbryon an embryo + -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

Embryon
Em´bry•on, n. & a. [NL.] See Embryo.

Embryonary
Em´bry•o•na•ry, a. (Biol.) Embryonic. { Em´bry•o•nate, Em´bry•o•na•ted } a. (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal.

Embryonic
Em•bry•on´ic, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonicsac or vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; — sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.

Embryoniferous
Em•bry•o•nif´er•ous, a. [ Embryo + -ferous.] (Biol.) Having an embryo.

Embryoniform
Em•bry•on´i•form, a. [ Embryo + -form.] (Biol.) Like an embryo in form.

Embryoplastic
Em•bry•o•plas´tic, n. [ Embryo + plastic.] (Biol.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as embryoplastic cells.

Embryotic
Em•bry•ot´ic, a. (Biol.) Embryonic.

Embryotomy
Em•bry•ot´o•my, n. [Gr. ’e•mbryon an embryo + te•mnein to cut: cf. F. embryotomie.] (Med.) The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.

Embryotroph
Em´bry•o•troph, n. [Gr. ’e•mbryon an embryo + trofh• nourishment.] (Biol.) The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.

Embryous
Em´bry•ous, a. Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.]

Embulk
Em•bulk´, v. t. To enlarge in the way of bulk. [R.] Latham.

Emburse
Em•burse´, v. t. [See Imburse.] To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.]

Embusy
Em•bus´y, v. t. To employ. [Obs.] Skelton.

Eme, n. [See Eame.] An uncle. [Obs.] Spenser.

Emendation
Em•en•da´tion, n. [L. emendatio: cf. F. emendation.]
1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.
2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as the book might be improved by judicious emendations.

Emendator
Em´en•da•tor, n. [L.] One who emends or critically edits.

Emendatory
E•mend´a•to•ry, a. [L. emendatorius.] Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism." Johnson.

Emender
E•mend´er, n. One who emends.

Emendicate
E•men´di•cate, v. t. [L. emendicatus, p. p. of emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate.] To beg. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Emeraud
Em´er•aud, n. [See Emerald, n. ] An emerald. [Obs.] Spenser.

Emergency
E•mer´gen•cy, n. ; pl. Emergencies (#). [See Emergence.]
1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.
"Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency." Glanvill.
2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
"To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose." Swift.
"A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies." Brougham.
Syn. — Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.

Emeril
Em´er•il, n.
1. Emery. [Obs.] Drayton.
2. A glazier’s diamond. Crabb.

Emerited
Em´er•it•ed, a. [See Emeritus.] Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Emetine
Em´e•tine ( 104), n. [See Emetic.] (Chem.) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

Emforth
Em•forth´, prep. [AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + forð forth.] According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]

Emgalla
Em•gal´la, n. (Zoöl.) [Native name.] The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

Emiction
E•mic´tion, n. [L. e out + mingere, mictum, to make water.]
1. The voiding of urine.
2. What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.

Emictory
E•mic´to•ry, a. & n. (Med.) Diuretic.

Emigrant
Em´i•grant, a. [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. emigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]
1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as an emigrant company or nation.
2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as an emigrant ship or hospital.

Emigrant
Em´i•grant, n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
Syn. — Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.

Emigration
Em•i•gra´tion, n. [L. emigratio: cf. F. emigration.]
1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.
2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as the German emigration.

Emigrational
Em•i•gra´tion•al, a. Relating to emigration.

Emigrationist
Em•i•gra´tion•ist, n. An advocate or promoter of emigration.

Emigrator
Em´i•gra•tor, n. One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]

emigre
e•mi•gre´, n. [F., emigrant.] One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

Eminence
Em´i•nence, n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. eminence.]
1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
"Without either eminences or cavities." Dryden.
"The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence." Burke.
2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton.
"You ’ve too a woman’s heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty." Shak.
3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Eminency
Em´i•nen•cy, n. ; pl. Eminences . State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.

Eminent
Em´i•nent, a. [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. eminent. Cf. Menace.]
1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn
2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint. Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.
Syn. — Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished.

Emissaryship
Em´is•sa•ry•ship, n. The office of an emissary.

Emission
E•mis´sion, n. [L. emissio: cf. F. emission. See Emit.]
1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.
2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as the emission was mostly blood. Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.

Emissive
E•mis´sive, a. Sending out; emitting; as emissive powers.

Emissivity
Em•is•siv´i•ty, n. Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.

Emissivity
Em•is•siv´i•ty, n. Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place; specif. (Physics), the rate of emission of heat from a bounding surface per degree of temperature difference between the surface and surrounding substances (called by Fourier external conductivity).

Emissory
E•mis´so•ry, a. (Anat.) Same as Emissary, a. , 2.

Emmantle
Em•man´tle, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler. Cf. Inmantle.] To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.

Emmenagogue
Em•men´a•gogue, n. [Gr., n. pl., menses ( in + month) + leading, fr. to lead: cf. F. emmenagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

Emmet
Em´met (em"met), n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. aemete. See Ant.] (Zoöl.) An ant. Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck.

Emmetropic
Em•me•trop´ic, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.
"The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances." J. Le Conte.

Emmetropy
Em•met´ro•py, n. (Med.) Same as Emmetropia.

Emollescence
Em•ol•les´cence, n. [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

Emolliate
E•mol´li•ate ( 106), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emolliated p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] [See Emollient, a. ] To soften; to render effeminate.
"Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor." Pinkerton.

Emollition
Em•ol•li´tion, n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.

Emolument
E•mol´u•ment, n. [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one’s self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. emolument. See Mole a mound.] The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
"A long … enjoyment of the emoluments of office." Bancroft.

Emotion
E•mo´tion, n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. emotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.] A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.
"How different the emotions between departure and return!" W. Irving.
"Some vague emotion of delight." Tennyson.
Syn. — Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. — Emotion, Feeling, Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may be bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." Crabb.

Emotionalism
E•mo´tion•al•ism, n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

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

Emotioned
E•mo´tioned, a. Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.

Emotive
E•mo´tive, a. Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. — E•mo´tive•ly, adv.

Emotiveness
E•mo´tive•ness, n. Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot.

Emotivity
E•mo•tiv´i•ty, n. Emotiveness. Hickok.

Emove
E•move´, v. t. To move. [Obs.] Thomson.

Empair
Em•pair´, v. t. To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empaistic
Em•pais´tic, a. [Gr. (sc. ), fr. to stamp in; in + to strike.] (Fine Arts) Having to do with inlaid work; — especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.

Empale
Em•pale´, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.] To make pale. [Obs.]
"No bloodless malady empales their face." G. Fletcher.

Empale
Em•pale´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Empaled p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.]
1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
"All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise." Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
4. (Her.) Same as Impale.

Emparadise
Em•par´a•dise, v. t. Same as Imparadise.

Empasm
Em•pasm´, n. [F. empasme, fr. Gr. to sprinkle in or on; in + to sprinkle.] A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.

Empassion
Em•pas´sion, v. t. To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion. [Obs.]
"Those sights empassion me full near." Spenser.

Empawn
Em•pawn´, v. t. [Pref. em- + pawn. Cf. Impawn.] To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.
"To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates." Milman.

Emperess
Em´per•ess, n. See Empress. [Obs.]

Emperil
Em•per´il, v. t. To put in peril. See Imperil. Spenser.

Emperor
Em´per•or, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative, Empress.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; — a title of dignity superior to that of king; as the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. Emperor goose (Zoöl.), a large and handsome goose ( Philacte canagica), found in Alaska. — Emperor moth (Zoöl.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth ( Platysamia cecropia), and the European species ( Saturnia pavonia). — Emperor paper. See under Paper. — Purple emperor (Zoöl.), a large, strong British butterfly ( Apatura iris).

Empery
Em´per•y, n. [L. imperium, influenced by OF. emperie, empire. See Empire.] Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [Archaic] Shak.
"Struggling for my woman’s empery." Mrs. Browning.

Emphaticalness
Em•phat´ic•al•ness, n. The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.

Emphractic
Em•phrac´tic, a. [Gr. obstructing, fr. to block up.] (Med.) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

Emphrensy
Em•phren´sy, v. t. To madden. [Obs.]

Emphysema
Em•phy•se´ma, n. [NL., from Gr. inflation, fr. to inflate; in + to blow: cf. F. emphysème.] (Med.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them.

Emphysematous
Em•phy•sem´a•tous, a. [Cf. F. emphysemateux.] (Med.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.

Emphyteusis
Em•phy•teu´sis, n. [L., fr. Gr., lit., an implanting, fr. to plant or improve land; in + to plant.] (Rom. Law) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent. Heumann.

Emphyteutic
Em•phy•teu´tic, a. [L. emphyteuticus.] Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as emphyteutic lands.

Emphyteuticary
Em•phy•teu´ti•ca•ry, n. [L. emphyteuticarius, a.] One who holds lands by emphyteusis.

Empierce
Em•pierce´, v. t. [Pref. em- + pierce. Cf. Impierce.] To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empire
Em´pire, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.]
1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. "The empire of the sea." Shak.
"Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule." Milton.
2. The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as the Austrian empire.
"Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government." C. J. Smith.
3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as the empire of mind or of reason. "Under the empire of facts." M. Arnold.
"Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men." A. W. Ward.Celestial empire. See under Celestial. — Empire City, a common designation of the city of New York. — Empire State, a common designation of the State of New York.
Syn. — Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty; government; kingdom; realm; state.

Empire State of the South. Georgia; — a nickname.

Empire State of the West. Missouri; — a nickname.

Empiric
Em•pir´ic ( 277), n. [L. empiricus an empiric, Gr. experienced, equiv. to ; in + a trial, experiment; akin to ford, way, and E. fare: cf. F. empirique. See In, and Fare.]
1. One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
2. One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan.
"Among the Greek physicians, those who founded their practice on experience called themselves empirics." Krauth-Fleming.
"Swallow down opinions as silly people do empirics’ pills." Locke. { Em•pir´ic, Em•pir´ic•al } a.
1. Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
"In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what belongs to or is the product of experience or observation." Sir W. Hamilton.
"The village carpenter … lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship." H. Spencer.
2. Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; — said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as empiric skill, remedies. Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.
Syn. — See Transcendental.

Empiricism
Em•pir´i•cism, n.
1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
2. Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.
3. (Metaph.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.

Empiricist
Em•pir´i•cist, n. An empiric.

Empiristic
Em•pi•ris´tic, a. (Physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; — opposed to nativistic.

Emplace
Em•place´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emplaced p. pr. & vb. n. Emplacing ] [Cf. F. emplacer. See En-; Place, v. & n.] To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.

Emplaster
Em•plas´ter, n. [OF. emplastre, F. emplâtre, L. emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr., fr. to plaster up, daub over; in + to form, mold, apply as a plaster.] See Plaster. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Emplaster
Em•plas´ter, v. t. [Cf. OF. emplastrer, F. emplâtrer. See Emplaster, n. ] To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance. [Obs.] "Fair as ye his name emplaster." Chaucer.

Emplastration
Em•plas•tra´tion, n. [L. emplastratio a budding.]
1. The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding. [Obs.] Holland.
2. [See 1st Emplaster.] (Med.) The application of a plaster or salve.

Emplore
Em•plore´, v. t. See Implore. [Obs.]

Employable
Em•ploy´a•ble, a. [Cf. F. employable.] Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. Boyle.

Employe
Em•ploy•e´, n. [F., p. p. of employer.] One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.

Employee
Em•ploy•ee´, n. [The Eng. form of employe.] One employed by another.

Employer
Em•ploy´er, n. One who employs another; as an employer of workmen.

Employment
Em•ploy´ment, n.
1. The act of employing or using; also the state of being employed.
2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.
"Cares are employments, and without employ The soul is on a rack." Young.
Syn. — Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.

Emplumed
Em•plumed´, a. Plumed. [R.]

Emplunge
Em•plunge´, v. t. [Cf. Implunge.] To plunge; to implunge. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empoisoner
Em•poi´son•er, n. Poisoner. [Obs.] Bacon.

Empoisonment
Em•poi´son•ment, n. [F. empoisonnement.] The act of poisoning. Bacon. { Em•po•ret´ic, Em•po•ret´ic•al } a. [L. emporeticus, Gr. . See Emporium.] Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] Johnson.

Emprint
Em•print´, v. t. [Obs.] See Imprint.

Emprising
Em•pris´ing, a. [From Emprise, v. t.] Full of daring; adventurous. [Archaic] T. Campbell.

Empte
Emp´te, v. t. To empty. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Emptier
Emp´ti•er ( 215), n. One who, or that which, empties.

Emptier
Emp´ti•er, compar. of Empty.

Emptional
Emp´tion•al, a. Capable of being purchased.

Empty
Emp´ty ( 215), a. [ Compar. Emptier superl. Emptiest.] [AS. emtig, aemtig, aemetig, fr. aemta, aemetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.]
1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; — said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
2. Free; clear; devoid; — often with of. "That fair female troop … empty of all good." Milton.
"I shall find you empty of that fault." Shak.
3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." Shak.
"When ye go ye shall not go empty." Ex. iii. 21.
4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; — said of language; as empty words, or threats.
"Words are but empty thanks." Cibber.
5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; — said of pleasure, the world, etc.
"Pleas’d in the silent shade with empty praise." Pope.
6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; — said of a plant or tree; as an empty vine.
"Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind." Gen. xli. 27.
7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
"That in civility thou seem’st so empty." Shak.
8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as empty dreams. Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.
Syn. — See Vacant.

Empty
Emp´ty, n. ; pl. Empties . An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; — used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as "special rates for empties."

Empty
Emp´ty, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emptied p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.] To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
"The clouds … empty themselves upon the earth." Eccl. xi. 3.

Empty
Emp´ty, v. i.
1. To discharge itself; as a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." B. Jonson.

Emptying
Emp´ty•ing, n.
1. The act of making empty. Shak.
2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]

Empugn
Em•pugn´, v. t. [ Obs.] See Impugn.

Empuzzle
Em•puz´zle, v. t. [Pref. em- + puzzle.] To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

Empyema
Em•py•e´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr., from to suppurate; in + pus.] (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison. The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.

Empyesis
Em•py•e´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. suppuration.] (Med.) An eruption of pustules.

Empyreal
Em•pyr´e•al, a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr.,, in fire, fiery; in + fire. See In, and Fire.] Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.
"Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere." Pope. Empyreal air, oxygen gas.

Empyreal
Em•pyr´e•al, n. Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.

Empyrean
Em•py•re´an ( 277), n. [See Empyreal.] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.
"The empyrean rung With hallelujahs." Milton.

Empyrean
Em•py•re´an, a. Empyreal. Akenside.

Empyreuma
Em•py•reu´ma, n. [NL., from Gr. a live coal covered with ashes, fr. to set on fire, fr. : cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels. { Em•py•reu•mat´ic, Em•py•reu•mat´ic•al, } a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as an empyreumatic odor. Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.

Empyrical
Em•pyr´ic•al, a. [Gr. in fire. See Empyreal.] Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan.

Emrods
Em´rods, n. pl. See Emerods. [Obs.]

Emu wren
E"mu wren (Zoöl.) A small wrenlike Australian bird ( Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.

Emulable
Em´u•la•ble, a. [L. aemulari to emulate + -able.] Capable of being emulated. [R.]
"Some imitable and emulable good." Abp. Leighton.

Emulate
Em´u•late, a. [L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate.] Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.

Emulate
Em´u•late, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emulated p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating ] To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as to emulate the good and the great.
"Thine eye would emulate the diamond." Shak.

Emulatively
Em´u•la•tive•ly, adv. In an emulative manner; with emulation.

Emulator
Em´u•la•tor, n. [L. aemulator.] One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.
"As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both." Bp. Warburton.

Emulatory
Em´u•la•to•ry, a. Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.] "Emulatory officiousness." Bp. Hall.

Emulatress
Em´u•la•tress, n. A female emulator. [R.]

Emule
Em´ule, v. t. [F. emuler. See Emulate.] To emulate. [Obs.] "Emuled of many." Spenser.

Emulous
Em´u•lous, a. [L. aemulus. See Emulate.]
1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; — with of; as emulous of another’s example or virtues.
2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson.
"Emulous missions ’mongst the gods." Shak.

Emulousness
Em´u•lous•ness, n. The quality of being emulous.

Emulsic
E•mul´sic, a. Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as emulsic acid. Hoblyn.

Emulsify
E•mul´si•fy, v. t. [ Emulsion + -fy.] To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.

Emulsin
E•mul´sin, n. [See Emulsion, Emulge.] (Chem.) (a) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [R.] (b) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.

Emunctory
E•munc´to•ry, n. ; pl. Emunctories (#). [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. emonctoire, formerly spelled also emonctoire.] (Physiol.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.

Emuscation
Em•us•ca´tion, n. [L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.] A freeing from moss. [Obs.]

Emyd
E´myd, n. ; pl. E. Emyds (#), E. Emyd (#). [See Emydea.] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidae.