Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EMPYREUMA

EMPYREU'MA, noun [Gr. fire.] In chimistry, a disagreeable smell produced from burnt oils, in distillations of animal and vegetable substances.

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EMPYREUMATIC

EMPYREUMAT'ICEMPYREUMAT'ICAL, adjective Having the taste or smell of burnt oil, or of burning animal and vegetable substances.

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EMPYREUMATICAL

EMPYREUMAT'ICAL, a. Having the taste or smell of burnt oil, or of burning animal and vegetable substances.

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EMPYRICAL

EMPYR'ICAL, adjective Containing the combustible principle of coal.

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EMPYROSIS

EMPYRO'SIS, noun [Gr. to burn.] a general fire; a conflagration. [Little used.]

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EMRODS

EMRODS. [See Emerods.]

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EMU

E'MU, noun A large fowl of S. America, with wings unfit for flight.This name properly belongs to the Cassowary, but has been erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the Rhea ...

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EMULATE

EM'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin oemulor; Gr. strife, contest.]1. To strive to equal or excel, in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or excel; to vie with; t...

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EMULATED

EM'ULATED, participle passive Rivaled; imitated.

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EMULATING

EM'ULATING, participle present tense Rivaling; attempting to equal or excel; imitating; resembling.

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EMULATION

EMULA'TION, noun The act of attempting to equal or excel in qualities or actions; rivalry; desire of superiority, attended with effort to attain to it; generally in a good sense...

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EMULATIVE

EM'ULATIVE, adjective Inclined to emulation; rivaling; disposed to competition.

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EMULATOR

EM'ULATOR,, noun One who emulates; a rival; a competitor.

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EMULATRESS

EM'ULATRESS, noun A female who emulates another.

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EMULE

EMU'LE, verb transitive To emulate. [Not used.]

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EMULGENT

EMULG'ENT, adjective [Latin emulgeo; e and mulgeo, to milk out.]Milking or draining out. In anatomy, the emulgent or renal arteries are those which supply the kidneys with blood...

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EMULOUS

EM'ULOUS, adjective [Latin oemulus.] Desirous or eager to imitate, equal or excel another; desirous of like excellence with another; with of; as emulous of another's example or ...

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EMULOUSLY

EM'ULOUSLY, adverb With desire of equaling or excelling another.

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EMULSION

EMUL'SION, noun [Latin emulsus, emulgeo, to milk out.]A soft liquid remedy of a color and consistence resembling milk; any milk-like mixture prepared by uniting oil and water, b...

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EMULSIVE

EMUL'SIVE, adjective Softening; milk-like.1. Producing or yielding a milk-like substance; as emulsive acids.

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EMUNCTORY

EMUNC'TORY, noun [Latin emunctorium, from emunctus, emungo, to wipe, to cleanse.] In anatomy, any part of the body which serves to carry off excrementitious matter; a secretory ...

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EMUSCATION

EMUSCA'TION, noun [Latin emuscor.] A freeing from moss. [Not much used.]

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EN

EN, a prefix to many English words, chiefly borrowed from the French. In coincides with the Latin, in, Gr., and some English words are written indifferently with en or in. For t...

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ENABLE

ENABLE, verb transitive [Norm. enhabler; en and hable, able. See Able.]1. To make able; to supply with power, physical or moral; to furnish with sufficient power or ability. By ...

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ENABLED

ENA'BLED, participle passive Supplied with sufficient power, physical, moral or legal.

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ENABLEMENT

ENA'BLEMENT, noun The act of enabling; ability.

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ENABLING

ENA'BLING, participle present tense Giving power to; supplying with sufficient power, ability or means; authorizing.