Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EMIT

EMIT', verb transitive [Latin emitto; e and mitto, to send.]1. To send forth; to throw or give out; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun and moon em...

731

EMMENAGOGUE

EMMEN'AGOGUE, noun [Gr. menstruous, in month, and to lead.]A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

732

EMMET

EM'MET, noun An ant or pismire.

733

EMMEW

EMMEW', verb transitive [See Mew.] To mew; to coop up; to confine in a coop or cage.

734

EMMOVE

EMMOVE, verb transitive To move; to rouse; to excite. [Not used.]

735

EMOLLESCENCE

EMOLLES'CENCE, noun [Latin emollescens, softening. See Emolliate.]In metallurgy, that degree of softness in a fusible body which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of ...

736

EMOLLIATE

EMOL'LIATE, verb transitive [Latin emollio, mollio, to soften; mollis, soft; Eng. mellow, mild.]To soften; to render effeminate.Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination,...

737

EMOLLIATED

EMOL'LIATED, participle passive Softened; rendered effeminate.

738

EMOLLIATING

EMOL'LIATING, pr. Softening; rendering effeminate.

739

EMOLLIENT

EMOL'LIENT, adjective Softening; making supple; relaxing the solids.Barley is emollientEMOL'LIENT, noun A medicine which softens and relaxes, or sheaths the solids; that which s...

740

EMOLLITION

EMOLLI'TION, noun The act of softening or relaxing.

741

EMOLUMENT

EMOL'UMENT, noun [Latin emolumentum, from emolo, molo, to grind. Originally, toll taken for grinding. See Mill.]1. The profit arising from office or employment; that which is re...

742

EMOLUMENTAL

EMOLUMENT'AL, adjective Producing profit; useful; profitable; advantageous.Emongst, for among, in Spenser, is a mistake.

743

EMOTION

EMO'TION, noun [Latin emotio; emoveo, to move from.]1. Literally, a moving of the mind or soul; hence, any agitation of mind or excitement of sensibility.2. In a philosophical s...

744

EMPAIR

EMPA'IR, verb transitive To impair. [See Impair.]

745

EMPALE

EMPA'LE, verb transitive [Latin palus.]1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to set a line of stakes or posts for defense.All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save them...

746

EMPALED

EMPA'LED, participle passive Fenced or fortified with stakes; inclosed; shut in; fixed on a state.

747

EMPALEMENT

EMPA'LEMENT, noun A fencing, fortifying or inclosing with stakes; a putting to death by thrusting a stake into the body.1. In botany, the calyx or flower-cup of a plant, which s...

748

EMPALING

EMPA'LING, participle present tense Fortifying with pales or stakes; inclosing; putting to death on a stake.

749

EMPANNEL

EMPAN'NEL, noun [Eng. pane, a square. See Pane and Pannel.]A list of jurors; a small piece of paper or parchment containing the names of the jurors summoned by the sheriff. It i...

750

EMPARK

EMP'ARK, verb transitive [in and park.] To inclose as with a fence.

751

EMPARLANCE

EMPAR'LANCE, noun [See Imparlance.]

752

EMPASM

EMPASM, noun empazm'. [Gr. to sprinkle.] A powder used to prevent the bad scent of the body.

753

EMPASSION

EMPAS'SION, verb transitive To move with passion; to affect strongly. [See Impassion.]

754

EMPEACH

EMPEACH, [See Impeach.]

755

EMPEOPLE

EMPE'OPLE, verb transitive empee'pl. To form into a people or community. [Little used.]

756

EMPERESS

EM'PERESS. [See Empress.]