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Emesis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �. See .] (Med.) A vomiting.
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Emetic (?), a. [L. emeticus, Gr. �, fr. � to vomit, akin to L. vomere: cf. F. émétique. See .] (Med.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n. A medicine which causes vomiting.
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Emetical (?), a. Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- Emetically, adv.
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Emetine (?; 104), n. [See .] (Chem.) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
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Emeto-cathartic (?), a. [Gr. � vomiting + E. cathartic.] (Med.) Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

{ Emeu, or Emew (?) }, n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Émeute (?), n. [F.] A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
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E. M. F. (Physics) An abbreviation for electro-motive force.
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Emforth (?), prep. [AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + forð forth.] According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Coloq. Emforth my might , so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]
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Emgalla (?), n. (Zoöl.) [Native name.] The South African wart hog. See .
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Emicant (?), a. [L. emicans, p. pr. of emicare. See .] Beaming forth; flashing. [R.]
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Which emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore.
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Emication (?), n. [L. emicatio, fr. emicare to spring out or forth; e out + micare to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.] A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.
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Emiction (?), n. [L. e out + mingere, mictum, to make water.] 1. The voiding of urine.
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2. What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.
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Emictory (?), a. & n. (Med.) Diuretic.
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Emigrant (?), a. [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See , v. i.] 1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.
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2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.
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Emigrant, n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Syn. -- , . 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.
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Emigrate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emigrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating.] [L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See .] To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.
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Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay.
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They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman.
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Emigrate (?), a. Migratory; roving. [Obs.]
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Emigration (?), n. [L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration.] 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.
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2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.
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Emigrational (?), a. Relating to emigration.
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Emigrationist, n. An advocate or promoter of emigration.
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Emigrator (?), n. One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]
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Émigré (?), n. [F., emigrant.] One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.
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Eminence (?), n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.] 1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
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Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden.
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The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.
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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.
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You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet
Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.
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3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Eminency (?), n.; pl. Eminences (�). State of being eminent; eminence. “Eminency of estate.” Tillotson.
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Eminent (?), 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. éminent. Cf. .] 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. “A very eminent promontory.” Evelyn
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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.
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Coloq. Right of eminent domain . (Law) See under .

Syn. -- Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See .
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Eminently, adv. In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.

{ Emir (?), Emeer (?) }, n. [Ar. emīr, amīr, commander: cf. F. émir. Cf. , .] An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

{ Emirship, Emeership }, n. The rank or office of an Emir.
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Emissary (?), n.; pl. Emissaries (#). [L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire. See .] An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.
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Buzzing emissaries fill the ears
Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears. Dryden.

Syn. -- , . A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard.
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Emissary, a. 1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.
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2. (Anat.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
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Emissaryship, n. The office of an emissary.
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Emission (?), n. [L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See .] 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.
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2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.
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Coloq. Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under .
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Emissitious (?), a. [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.] Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] “Those emissitious eyes.” Bp. Hall.
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Emissive (?), a. Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.
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Emissivity (?), 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).
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Emissory (?), a. (Anat.) Same as , a., 2.
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Emit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.] [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See .] 1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
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Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit
His fatal arrows. Prior.
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2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
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No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. Const. of the U. S.
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Emittent (?), a. [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.] Sending forth; emissive. Boyle.
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emitting adj. [pr. p. of (definition 2)] giving off light or heat or radiation; as, the physical temperature of the emitting material.
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Emmanthe n. 1. a genus of plants consisting of one species, the yellow bells.
Syn. -- genus Emmanthe.
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Emmantle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler. Cf. .] To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.
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Emmanuel (?), n. See . Matt. i. 23.
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Emmarble (?), v. t. To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.]
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Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.
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Emmenagogue (?), n. [Gr. �, n. pl., menses (� in + � month) + � leading, fr. � to lead: cf. F. emménagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.
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Emmental, Emmentaler, Emmenthal, Emmenthaler n. a type of large-holed Swiss cheese.
Syn. -- Emmenthal, Emmental, Emmenthaler.
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emmer n. a hard red wheat (Triticum dicoccum) grown especially in Russia and Germany; also grown in the U. S. as stock feed.
Syn. -- starch wheat, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum.
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Emmet (ĕmmĕt), n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See .] (Zoöl.) An ant. [chiefly dialect]
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Coloq. Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the , a type of bird related to the woodpeckers.
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Emmetropia (ĕmm�trōpĭȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'emmetros in measure, proportioned, suitable ('en in + metron measure) + 'wps, 'wpos, eye.] (Med.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, and astigmatism.
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Emmetropic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.
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The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte.
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Emmetropy (?), n. (Med.) Same as .
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Emmew (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mew. Cf. .] To mew or coop up. [Obs.] Shak.
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Emmove (?), v. t. [For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See .] To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]
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Emodin (?), n. (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).
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Emollescence (?), 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.
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Emolliate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emolliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] [See , a.] To soften; to render effeminate.
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Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton.
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Emollient (?; 106), a. [L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See .] Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. “Emollient applications.” Arbuthnot.
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Emollient (?; 105), n. (Med.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.
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Emollition (?), n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.
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Emolument (?), 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. émolument. See a mound.] The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
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A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office. Bancroft.
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Emolumental (?), a. Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn.

{ Emong (?), Emongst (?) }, prep. Among. [Obs.]
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Emotion (?), n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. émotion. See , and cf. .] 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.
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How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving.
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Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson.

Syn. -- Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. -- , , . 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 . “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.
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Emotional (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
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Emotionalism (?), n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.
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Emotionalize (?), 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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Emotioned (?), a. Affected with emotion. [R.] “The emotioned soul.” Sir W. Scott.
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emotionless adj. 1. unsusceptible to, destitute of, or showing no emotion; unmoved by feeling. Opposite of emotional; as, he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served. [Narrower terms: matter-of-fact, prosaic; philosophical, philosophic; phlegmatic, phlegmatical, stolid; stoic, stoical; unblinking] Also See: , , (predicate), .
Syn. -- unemotional, passionless.
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Emotive (?), a. Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. -- Emotively, adv.
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Emotiveness, n. Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot.
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Emotivity (?), n. Emotiveness. Hickok.
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Emove (?), v. t. To move. [Obs.] Thomson.
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Empair (?), v. t. To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Empaistic (?), 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.
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Empale (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.] To make pale. [Obs.]
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No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.
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Empale, 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 a stake, and cf. .] [Written also impale.] 1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
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All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. To inclose; to surround. See .
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3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
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4. (Her.) Same as .
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Empalement (?), n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See .] [Written also impalement.] 1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
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2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
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3. (Her.) Same as .
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Empanel (?), n. [Pref. em- (L. in) + panel.] (Law) A list of jurors; a panel. [Obs.] Cowell.
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Empanel, v. t. See .
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Empanoplied (?), a. [Pref. em- + panoply.] Completely armed; panoplied. Tennyson.
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Emparadise (?), v. t. Same as .
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Empark (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + park: cf. OF. emparchier, emparkier. Cf. .] To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark. [Obs.]
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Emparlance (?), n. Parley; imparlance. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Empasm (?), 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.
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Empassion (?), v. t. To move with passion; to affect strongly. See . [Obs.]
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Those sights empassion me full near. Spenser.
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Empassionate (?), a. Strongly affected. [Obs.]
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The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. Spenser.
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Empawn (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + pawn. Cf. .] To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.
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To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates. Milman.
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Empeach (?), v. t. To hinder. See . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Empearl (ĕmpẽrl), v. t. [Pref. em- + pearl. Cf. .] To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
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