Einpetrum 
1902 
see pier, petro-. ] A genus of low, hcath-liko emphatical (em-fat'i-kal), a. 1. Same as cm- 
shrubs, of 2 species, the type of the natural or- photic. [Obsolete or rare. ] 2f. Apparent; 
der Empetraeece ; the crowberry or crakeberry. obvious. 
K .niyntm is u native, ,f bogs .and mountains in the cooler It is com monly granted that emphatical colours are light 
and arctic portions of the i northern hemisphere. Its black itself, modified by refractions. ' Boyle, Colours, 
berries are sometimes eaten. _fc. ruortmL with red berries, 
is found in the extreme southern part of South America, emphatically (em -fat 1-kal-i), adv. 1. With 
einphaset (em-faz'), v. t. [< emphasis.'] To emphasis or stress of voice. 2. Significantly; 
emphasize. 
Frank. I ... bid you most welcome. 
Lady F. And I believe your most, my pretty boy. 
Being so emphased by you. E. Jonson, New Inn, ii. 1. 
emphasis (em'fa-sis), . [= F. emphase (> D. 
G. emphasc = Dan. emfase = Sw. emfas) = Sp. 
enfasis = Pg. emphasis = It. enfasi, emphasis, 
forcibly ; in a striking or impressive manner. 
3. Conspicuously; preeminently. 
The condition of the envious man is the most emphati- 
cally miserable. Steele, Spectator, No. 19. 
He was emphatically a popular writer. Macaulay. 
empire 
emphytcuticus : seo emphyteutic.'] la.Bom.lc.ic, 
one who held lands by cmphyteusis; an em- 
phyteuta. 
Emphytus (em'fi-tus), n. [NL.,< Gr. e^ror, 
ingrafted, inserted: see emphyteitsis, and imp, 
v.] A. genus of hymenoptcrous insects, of 
the family Tenth redinida;, founded by King in 
1881, having short wings with 2 marginal and 3 
submarginal cells, filiform 9-jointed antennas, 
< Li. emphasis (in pure L. signification-): see 
signification), < Gr. eiupaaic. , an appearing in, out- 
ward appearance, a showing or letting a thing 
be seen as in a mirror (reflection, image), or as 
The doctrine that religion could be destined to pass 
through successive phases of development was pronounced 
to be emphatically unchristian. Lecky, Rationalism, 1. 199. 
4f. According to appearance ; according to im- 
pression produced. 
What is delivered of their [dolphins'] incurvity must be 
< T*T % ** 1 ''""f OUVTT iv/l uu, N c^, *1^, ' UWOM'i ,^[LIM. , olU^f UCfc U1V/CV.L14G Oo ^*^IU ioiv i -JXOil - llcoy, It/. JL WO 
mid. (jiaivcaOai, appear, > <j>aai<;, phase, appear- quality of being emphatic, [Bare.] 
ance: see^Aose.] 1. In rhet. : (a) Originally, emphlysis (em'fli-sis), n. ; pi. emphlyses (-sez). 
a figure consisting in a significant, pregnant, [NL., < Gr. ev, in, on, + <j>Avaic, an eruption, < 
or suggestive mode of expression, implying (es- foi-eiv, break out, boil over.] In mcd., a vesic- 
pecially in connection with the context or the ular tumor or eruption. 
circumstances under which an oration is de- emphotion (em-fo'ti-on), n. ; pi. cmphotin (-a). 
livered) more than would necessarily or ordi- [MGr. i/iquTiov (also e/i<f>aTeiof eaBfc), lit. a gar- 
narily be meant by the words used. This figure is ment of light, < h, in, + </>&$ (<J>WT-), light.] 
of two kinds, according as it suggests either something In the Gr. Ch., the white robe put on immedi- 
more than is said, or something purposely not mentioned n t l v a ft or- HanHom rVia /.Vn-ior. 
or professedly not intended. Poets frequently employ it J ' te V 8 f baptism the chrisom. _ 
for the former purpose, especially in similes and epithets. emphractlC (em-frak tik), a. and n. [< Gr. fi- 
c, likely to obstruct, < i^paaaciv, ob- 
pdaaeiv, fence in, 
aving the prop- 
er *y of closing the pores of the skin. 
, ses an epes. 
(b) The mode of delivery appropriate to preg- 
nant or suggestive expression ; hence, rhetor- struct, block up, < iv, in, + Qpdaaeiv, fen 
ieal stress; in general, significant stress; spe- block, stop.] I. a. In mcd., having the 
cial stress or force of voice given to the utter- 
ance of a word, succession of words, or part 
of a word, in order to excite special attention, 
II. -A- substance which when applied to 
the skin has the property of closing the pores. 
, 
Emphasis on a syllable differs from syllabic accent by Cmphrensyt (em-fren'zi), V. t. [< cm- 1 + phren- 
beiug exceptional in use, ami altering the ordinary pro- s ,j o bs. form of frenzy.} To make frenzied ; 
nuuciatlon of the word, either by increasing the stress * 
on the syllable regularly accented or by transferring the 
accent to another syllable : as, a sin may be a sin of o'mis- Is it n ravenous beast, a covetous oppressour? his tooth 
sion or a sin of com'mission (instead of omis'sion, com- like a mac' ' 
mis'sion). 
,d dog's envenomes and emphrensies. 
Up. Hall, St. Paul's Combat. 
The province of emphasis is so much more important emphvmat (em-fi'ma), n. fNL < Gr h in + 
than that of _accent that the customary seat of the latter , ' ' ,,,, A^H-i, f *tJ&~. ' \ 
is transferred in any case where the claims of emphasis re- 
<iuire it. E. Porter, Rhetorical Delivery, iv. 
2. Special and significant vigor or force: as, empnyse (e 
emphasis of gesticulation; in general, signifil J*5" < r 
<pv[ia, a tumor, a growth, < tyveadai, grow.] 
tumor. 
emphysem (em'fi-sem), . The English form 
emphysema (em-fi-se'ma), n. [NL., < Gr. i/t- 
(f'uarijm, an inflation (of the stomach, peritoneum, 
etc. ), < i^Qvaav, blow in, inflate, < iv, in, + <jwaav, 
blow.] In pathol., distention with air or other 
gases Interstitial emphysema, the presence of air 
or other gases in the interstices of the tissues. Vesicu- 
lar emphysema, the permanent dilatation of the alve- 
olar passages and infundibula of the lungs, the air-cells 
becoming obliterated. Also called alveolar ectasia. 
emphysematous, emphysematose (em-fl- 
sem'a-tus, -tos), a. [< emphysema(t-) + -ous, 
-ose.] 1. Pertaining to, characterized by, or of 
the nature of emphysema ; distended; bloated. 
2. In bot., bladdery; resembling a bladder. 
on a given syllable, we can render emphatic ~the"wonTia emphyteusis (em-fi-tu'sis), n. [LL. (in Roman 
which it occurs. 0. L. Raymond, Orator's Manual, 27. c . lvl l law), < Gr. efupi'TCvaif (only in Roman use), 
emphasize (em'fa-siz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. em- l it; : an im P| antin g <V<t>vrevetv, implant, ingraft, 
[< emphasis) + <s^t^' lm P la ? te A 1 ^ a ^ ed ' l nb ^ innate 
cance ; distinctiveness. 
External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and 
emphasis of extension, figure and colour. 
Sir W. Hamilton. 
= Syn. 1. Emphasis, Accent, Stress. Emphasis is gener- 
ally upon a word, but may be upon a combination of words 
or a single syllable. Accent is upon a syllable: as, the place 
of the accent in the word " demonstrate " is not fixed. 
Street is a synonym for either emphasis or accent. See 
inflection. 
That voice all modes of passion can express 
Which marks the proper word with proper stress; 
But none emphatic can that speaker call 
Who lays an equal emphasis on all. Lloyd. 
By increasing, therefore, the degree of habitual accent 
jjnusizea, syiiauie, word, or declaration; to em- , T .' ^ "* """-" uuua 
phasize a passage in reading. 2. To bring out land -S were given forever or for a long term on 
clearly or distinctly; make more obvious or ? loa of their being improved and a stipu- 
more positive ; give a stronger perception of. *%$* J^ t J^^lJ* Z*/ 
In winter it [the sea] is wanner, in summer it is cooler 
than the ambient air, and the difference is emphasised the 
farther we get away from the shore. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVI. 535 
heTudalffe 
' tne teu(lal le e- 
. 
*" COrreS P nd - 
We are told that with the municipalities began 
iractice of letting out agri vectigales, that is, of lei 
practice of letting out agri vectigales, that is, of leasing 
land for a perpetuity to a free tenant, at a fixed rent, and 
under certain conditions. The plan was afterwards ex- 
tensively imitated by individual proprietors, and the ten- 
ant, whose relation to the owner had originally been de- 
Unequal powers have made unequal opportunities first, 
however much the unequal opportunities afterwards may 
react on and emphasise the situation. 
Fortnightly Jlev., N. S., XLII 192 < 
nmnln-Hn *+'! i r -ci ternuned by his contract, was subsequently recognised by 
empnatlC (em-tat Ik), a. [= F. emphatique = the Prator as having himself a qualified proprietorship, 
op. enjatico = Pg. emphatico = It. enfatico (cf. which in time became known as Emphytrusis. 
G. emphatisch ='Dan. Sw. emfatisk), < Gr. ep<t>a- Maine, Ancient Law, p. 299. 
radf, (< tjur/iaovf, stem *e^km-), equiv. form of in- emphyteuta (em-fi-tu'ta), n. 
, . - , . [LL., < Gr. e/t- 
<t>avTiK6f, expressive, vivid, forcible, < ifitacveiv QvTcvrfc, a tenant by eniphyteusis: see empliy- 
(e[itt>av-), show, declare : see emphasis.] 1. Ut- '"**] In Horn, law, a tenant by emphyteusis. 
tered, or to be uttered, with emphasis or stress emphyteutic (em-fi-tu'tik), a. [< LL. empliy- 
of voice: as, the emphatic words in a sentence. teuticus,<. emphytevta, q. v.] Pertaining to em- 
2. Forcibly significant ; expressive; impres- phyteusis; held on the form of tenure known 
n Q = ,!,,,, x. as emphyteusis; taken on hire, for which rent 
is to be paid: as, emphyteutic lands. 
We have distinct proof that what is called in Roman law 
emphyteutic tenure was in use among the Greeks in the 
case of sacred land. C. T. Xewton, Art and Archteol. , p. 145. 
Emphyteutic lease. Same as bail <l lanyms an.nf.es 
(which see, under bail?). 
emphyteuticary (em-fi-tu'ti-ka-ri), . ; pi. cm- 
phylcuticaries (-riz). [< LL. cmphytcuticarius, < 
sive : as, an emphatic gesture? 
When I wish to group our three homes and their names 
in an emphatic way, it certainly answers my purpose better 
to speak of Angela as Old England than to speak of Eng- 
land as New Angeln. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 28. 
His [Fox's] acceptance of office . . . would . . . have been 
the most emphatic demonstration of the union of all parties 
against the invaders. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., xiv. 
=Syn. Expressive, earnest, energetic, striking. 
Strawberry False-worm (Etnfhytus macuiattts). 
I, 2. pupa, ventral and lateral views (line shows natural size) ; 3, 
fly. enlarged (wings on one side detached); 4, larva; 5, fly with 
wings closed ; 6, larva curled up ; 7, cocoon ; 8, antenna ; 9, egg. (4, 
5, 6, and 7 natural size ; 8 and 9 enlarged. ) 
transverse head, prominent eyes, and a long 
abdomen, cylindrical in the male, and broad 
and cariuate in the female. The larva; have 22 legs, 
and are leaf-feeders. The male of E. maculatiis is black, 
the female honey-yellow; its larva feeds on the straw- 
berry, and is known in the United States and Canada as 
the strawberry false-worm. 
Empidoe (em'pi-de), . pi. [NL., contr. of Em- 
piaidce, (. Mmpis (Empid-), the typical genus: 
see Empis.~\ A family of tetracheetous brachy- 
cerous flies, of the order Diptera, containing up- 
ward of 1,000 species, mostly of small oize, in- 
habiting temperate and cold countries. They are 
characterized by a globose head with contiguous eyes, a 
simple third antenna-joint, and lengthened tarsal cells of 
the wings. They are very active and voracious, and in 
general resemble the Asilidce. Species of this family may 
be seen dancing in swarms over running water in spring- 
time. The slender larvre live in garden-mold. Also Em- 
pididfe and Empides. 
Empididae (em-pid'i-de), n. pi. [NL.] Same 
as Enipidw. 
Empidonax (em-pi-do'naks), . [NL. (Caba- 
nis, 1855), < Gr. e/zmV (eftmi-), a mosquito, gnat 
(see Empis), + ava%, king.] A large genus of 
small Ameri- 
can olivaceous 
flycatchers, of 
the family Ty- 
ra)iiirfa>,inhab- 
iting North, 
Central, and 
South Ameri- 
ca, having the 
bill and feet 
moderate in 
length among 
allied genera, 
of mean length 
among related 
flycatchers, the 
wings pointed, 
the tail emargi- 
nate, and the 
plumage mostly dull-greenish. Four species are 
very common woodland migratory insectivorous birds of 
the eastern United States: the Acadian flycatcher, E. 
acadicus; Train's, E. trailli ; the least, E. minimus ; and 
the yellow-bellied, E. flanventris. 
ernpiercet (em-pers'), v. t. [< em-i + pierce.] 
See impierce. 
He stroke so hugely with his borrowd blade, 
That it empierst the Pagans burganet. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. viii. 45. 
empightt (em-pit'), o. [< ew-1 + pight.'] Fixed. 
Three bodies in one wast fmpiqht. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. x. 8. 
empire (em'plr), . [< ME. empire, cmpyre, em- 
pere (also emperie, emperije : see cmpery), < OF. 
f mpire (also emperie), F. empire = Pr. emperi, 
cnperi = Sp. Pg. It. imperil), < L. hiiiicriitni, in- 
perium, command, control,dominion. sovereign- 
ty, a dominion, empire, < imjicrare, inperare, 
command, order, < in, in, on, + parare, make 
ready, order : see pare. Cf. imperial, etc.] 1. 
Supreme power in governing; imperial power; 
dominion ; sovereignty. 
Train's Flycatcher {Empidonax trailli}. 
