EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOY'MENT, noun The act of employing or using.1. Occupation; business; that which engages the head or hands; as agricultural employments; mechanical employments. Men, whose em...
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EMPLUNGE
EMPLUNGE, [See Plunge.]
EMPOISON
EMPOIS'ON, verb transitive s as z.1. To poison; to administer poison to; to destroy or endanger life by giving or causing to be taken into the stomach any noxious drug or prepar...
EMPOISONED
EMPOIS'ONED, participle passive Poisoned; tainted with venom; embittered.
EMPOISONER
EMPOIS'ONER, noun One who poisons; one who administers a deleterious drug; he or that which embitters.
EMPOISONING
EMPOIS'ONING, participle present tense Poisoning; embittering.
EMPOISONMENT
EMPOIS'ONMENT, noun The act of administering poison, or causing it to be taken; the act of destroying life by a deleterious drug.
EMPORIUM
EMPO'RIUM, noun [Latin from the Gr. to buy; to pass or go.]1. A place of merchandize; a town or city of trade; particularly, a city or town of extensive commerce, or in which th...
EMPOVERISH
EMPOV'ERISH, [See Impoverish.]
EMPOWER
EMPOW'ER, verb transitive [from en or in and power.]1. To give legal or moral power or authority to; to authorize, either by law, commission, letter of attorney, natural right, ...
EMPOWERED
EMPOW'ERED, participle passive Authorized; having legal or moral right.
EMPOWERING
EMPOW'ERING, participle present tense Authorizing; giving power.
EMPRESS
EM'PRESS, noun [Contracted from emperess. See Emperor.] The consort or spouse of an emperor.1. A female who governs an empire; a female invested with imperial power or sovereignty.
EMPRISE
EMPRI'SE, noun s as z. [Norm; em, en, and prise, from prendre, to take.] An undertaking; an enterprise.[This word is now rarely or never used, except in poetry.]
EMPTIER
EMP'TIER, noun One that empties or exhausts.
EMPTINESS
EMP'TINESS, noun [from empty.] A state of being empty; a state of containing nothing except air; destitution; absence of matter; as the emptiness of a vessel.1. Void space; vacu...
EMPTION
EMP'TION, noun [Latin emptio, from emo, to buy.] The act of buying; a purchasing. [Not much used.]
EMPTY
EMP'TY, adjective1. Containing nothing, or nothing but air; as an empty chest; empty space; an empty purse is a serious evil.2. Evacuated; not filled; as empty shackles.3. Unfur...
EMPTYING
EMP'TYING, participle present tense Pouring out the contents; making void.
EMPTYINGS
EMP'TYINGS, noun The lees of beer, cider, etc.
EMPURPLE
EMPUR'PLE, verb transitive [from purple.] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to discolor with purpleThe deep empurpled ran.
EMPURPLED
EMPUR'PLED, participle passive Stained with a purple color.
EMPURPLING
EMPUR'PLING, participle present tense Tinging or dyeing of a purple color.
EMPUSE
EMPU'SE, noun A phantom or specter. [Not used.]
EMPUZZLE
EMPUZ'ZLE. [See Puzzle.]
EMPYREAL
EMPYR'EAL, adjective [Latin empyroeus; from Gr. fire.]1. Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.Go,...
EMPYREAN
EMPYRE'AN, adjective Empyreal.EMPYRE'AN, noun [See Empyreal.] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire has been supposed to subsist.The empyrean rungWith halleluiahs.