empty 
So help me God, therby shal he nat winne, 
But empte his purse, and make his wittes thinne. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 188. 
The Plague hath emptied its houses, aud the fire con- 
sumed them. Stillingjleet, Sermons, I. vi. 
He, on whom from both her open hands 
Lavish Honour shower'd all her stars, 
And affluent Fortune emptied all her horn. 
Tennyson, Death of Wellington. 
2. To draw out, pour out, or otherwise remove 
or discharge, as the contents of a vessel : com- 
monly with out : as, to empty out the water from 
a piteher. 
What be these two olive branches which through the 
two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 
Zech. iv. 12. 
3. To discharge ; pour out continuously or in a 
steady course : as, a river empties itself or its 
waters into the ocean. [A strained use, which 
it is preferable to avoid, since a river is not 
emptied by its flow into the ocean.] 
The great navigable rivers that empty themselves into 
it [the Euxine sea]. Arbuthnot. 
4. To lay waste ; make destitute or desolate. 
[Archaic.] 
I ... will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan 
her, and shall empty her land. Jer. Ii. 2. 
II. intrans. 1. To become empty. 
The chapel empties; and thou may'st be gone 
Now, sun. B. Jonson, Underwoods. 
2. To pour out or discharge its contents, as a 
river into the ocean. [See note under I., 3.] 
empty-handed (emp'ti-han"ded), a. Having 
nothing in the hands; specifically, carrying 
or bringing nothing of value, as money or a 
present. 
She brought nothing here, but she has been a good girl, 
a very good girl, and she shall not leave the house empty, 
handed. Trollope. 
emptying (emp'ti-ing), n. [Verbal n. of empty, 
.] 1. The act of making empty. 
Boundless intemperance 
In nature is a tyranny ; it hath been 
The untimely emptying of the happy throne, 
And fall of many kings. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 3. 
2. Thatwhichisemptiedout; specifically [pl.~] , 
in the United States, a preparation of yeast 
from the lees of beer, cider, etc., for leavening. 
[Colloq., and commonly pronounced emptins.'] 
A betch o' bread thet hain't riz once ain't goin' to rise agin, 
An' it's jest money throwed away to put the emptins in. 
Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., p. 11. 
empty-panneledt (emp'ti-pan'eld), a. Having 
nothing in the stomach ; without food : said of 
a hawk. 
My hawk has been empty-pannell'd these three houres. 
Quartet, the Virgin Widow (165), I. 57. 
emptysis (emp'ti-sis), n. [NL., < Gr. l/ixTvaif, 
a spitting, < Sfitrrvuv, spit upon, < tv, in, + JTTIJ- 
civ, spit, for *o-7rt)E<t> = E. spew, q. v.] In pathol., 
hemorrhage from the lungs; spitting of blood; 
hemoptysis. 
empugnt, v. t. See impugn. 
empurple, impurple (em-,im-per'pl), . t. ; pret. 
and pp. empurpled, impurjrted, ppr. empurpling, 
impurpling. [< em- 1 , im-, + purple.'] To tinge 
or color with purple. 
And over it his huge great uose did grow, 
Full dreadfully empurpled all with bloud. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. vii. 6. 
The bright 
Pavement, that like a sea of jasper shone, 
Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 364. 
Tho' roseate morn 
Pour all her splendours on th' empurpled scene. 
T. Warton, Pleasures of Melancholy. 
We saw the grass, green from November till April 
snowed with daisies, and the floors of the dusky little din- 
gles empurpled with violets. The Century, XXX. 219. 
Empusa (em-pu'sa), n. [NL. (Illiger, 1798), < 
Gr. E/OTOWTO, a hobgoblin.] 1. A genus of gres- 
sorial orthopterous insects, of the family Man- 
tida, having f oliaceous appendages on the head 
and legs, short antennse, and a very slim thorax. 
E. pauperatais a prettily colored European spe- 
cies of rear-horse or praying-mantis. 2. A ge- 
nus of lepidopterous insects. Siibner, 1816. 
3. In lot., the principal genus of EntomopJt- 
thorea;, including,'as now understood, the spe- 
cies formerly referred to the genus Entomoph- 
thora. The species are parasitic upon insects. That upon 
the common house-fly is the one most frequently observed 
forming a white halo of spores around dead flies adhering 
to window-panes in autumn. Spores of an Empusa, coining 
in contact with a suitable insect, enter it by means of hy- 
phal germination and grow rapidly till the insect is killed, 
forming sometimes mycelium, but commonly, bybuddin" 
detached hyphal bodies of spherical or oval form. When 
the conditions are unfavorable to further growth the hyphal 
bodies may be transformed into chlamydospores, but un- 
der favorable conditions of moisture the hyphal bodies 
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or chlamydospores produce hyphaj. At the tip of each is 
formed a single conidium in a sporangium similar to that 
of Mucnr ; or, instead of conidia, thick-walled and spherical 
resting spores may be formed, either asexually or by con- 
jugation. Twenty-six species are now known in the United 
States, growing upon insects of all the hexapod orders. 
empuset (em-pus'), n. [< ML. empusa. < Gr. 
i/arovaa, a hobgoblin assuming various snapes : 
sometimes identified with Hecate.'] A goblin 
or specter. Jer. Taylor. 
Empusidae (em-pu'si-de), n.pl. [NL.,< Empusa, 
1, + -idee.'] A family of Orthoptera, takingname 
from the genus Empusa. Burmeister, 1838. 
empuzzlet (em-puz'l), v. t. [< emA + puzzle.'] 
To puzzle. 
It hath empuzzled the enquiries of others ... to make 
out how without fear or doubt he could discourse with 
such a creature. Sir T, Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 1. 
empyema (em-pi-e'ma), n. [= F. empyeme = 
Sp. empiema = Pg. empyema = It. empiema, < 
ML. empyema, < Gr. E/OTW^O, a suppuration, < 
ifnrmlv, suppurate, (. ifiirvof, suppurating, fes- 
tering, < ev, in, + KVOV, pus.] In patliol., the 
presence of pus in a pleural cavity; pyothorax. 
The word was formerly used for other purulent 
accumulations. 
empyemic (em-pi-em'ik), a. [< empyema + -ic.] 
1. Pertaining to or of the nature of empyema. 
2. Affected with empyema: as, an empyemic 
patient. 
empyesis (em-pi-e'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. Ifnrbr/aif, 
suppuration, \ i/tTrvtiv, suppurate: see empye- 
ma.] In pathol., pustulous eruption : a term 
used by Hippocrates, and in Good's system in- 
cluding variola or smallpox. 
empyocele (em'pi-o-sel), n. [= F. empyocele, 
< Gr. e/ixvof, suppurating (see empyema), + KJflui, 
tumor.] in. pathol., a collection of pus within 
the scrotum. 
empyreal (em-pi-re'al or em-pir'e-al), a. and n. 
[Formerly also emperiall (simulating imperial) ; 
= F. empyreal, < ML. "empyrceus (as if < Gr. 
"ku.wpa.lof, a false form), LL. empyrtus or empy- 
reus, fiery, < LGr. ifiirvpiof, for Gr. Z/nrvpof, in, 
on, or by the fire, fiery, torrid, < h, in, + 7rty> = 
E. fire : see pyre, fire.'] I. a. Formed of pure 
fire or light ; pertaining to the highest and pur- 
est region of heaven ; pure. 
Go, soar with Plato to th' empyreal sphere. 
Pope, Essay on Man, ii. 23. 
II. n. The empyrean; the region of celestial 
purity. [Rare.] 
The lord-lieutenant looking down sometimes 
From the empyreal, to assure their souls 
Against chance-vulgarisms. Mrs. Browning. 
empyrean (em-pi-re'an or em-pir'e-an), a. and 
n. [= F. empyree = Pr. empirey, n.,' = Sp. em- 
pireo = Pg. empyreo = It. empireo, adj., < ML. 
*empyr(Kus, neut. as a noun, "empyraium: see 
empyreal.] I. a. Empyreal; celestially refined. 
In th' empyrean heaven, the bless'd abode, 
The Thrones and the Dominions prostrate lie, 
Not daring to behold their angry God. 
Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, 1. 1114. 
Yet upward she [the goddess] incessant flies ; 
Resolv'd to reach the high empyrean Sphere. 
Prior, Carmen Seculare (1700), St. 23. 
Lispings empyrean will I sometimes teach 
Thine honeyed tongue. Keats, Endymion, ii. 
II. n. The region of pure light and fire ; the 
highest heaven, where the pure element of fire 
was supposed by the ancients to exist: the 
same as the ether, the ninth heaven according 
to ancient astronomy. 
The deep-domed empyrean 
Rings to the roar of an angel onset. 
Tennyson, Experiments in Quantity. 
empyreumt(em-pi-re'um),. [ML. "empyraeum: 
see empyreal.'] Same as empyrean. 
Passed through all 
The winding orbs like an Intelligence, 
Up to the empyreum. B. Jonson, Fortunate Isles. 
empyreuma (em-pi-ro'ma), n. [NL., < Gr. >- 
irvpevfia, a live coal covered with ashes to pre- 
serve the fire, < ifnrvpfvetv, set on fire, kindle, 
< ifnrvpoc, on fire : see empyreal.'] In chem., the 
pungent disagreeable taste and odor of most 
animal or vegetable substances when burned 
in close vessels, or when subjected to destruc- 
tive distillation. 
empyreumatic, empyreumatical (em"pi-ro- 
mat'ik, -i-kal), a. [< emi>yreuma(t-) + -ic, -ical.] 
Pertaining to or having the taste or smell of 
slightly burned animal or vegetable substances. 
Empyreumatic oil, an oil obtained from organic sub- 
stances when decomposed by a strong heat. 
empyreumatize (em-pi-r8'ma-t!z), v. t. ; pret. 
and pp. empyreumatized, ppr. empyreumatizing. 
[< empyrcmna(t-) + -ize.] To render empyreu- 
matic ; decompose by heat. [Bare.] 
emulate 
empyrical (em-pir'i-kal), a. [< Gr. ifnrvpof, in 
fire, on fire: see empyreal.'] Of or pertaining 
to combustion or combustibility. [Rare.] 
Of these and some other empyriral marks I shall say no 
more, as they do not tell us the defects of the soils. 
Kirwan, Manures, p. 81. 
empyrosist (em-pi-ro'sis), . [NL., < Gr. ifi- 
TrvptMig, a kindling, heating, < /arvp6fiv, equiv. 
to eunvpeitetv, kindle: see empyreuma.] A gen- 
eral fire ; a conflagration. 
The former opinion, that held these cataclisms and em- 
pyroses universal, was such as held that it put a total con- 
summation unto things in this lower world, especially 
that of conflagration. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
empjryt, [ME. empiry, < OF. empyree, F. em- 
pyree: sea empyrean.] The empyrean. 
This heven is cald empiry : that is at say, heven that is 
fyry. Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 1. 7761. 
emraudt, n. An obsolete form of emerald. 
emrodH, n. An obsolete form of emerald. 
emrod 2 tt n - An obsolete form of liemorrhoid. 
emu 1 (e'mu), n. [Also emew, emeu; = Pg. ema; 
prob. from a native name.] 1. A large Aus- 
tralian three-toed ratite bird of the genus Dro- 
trtceus (which see), of which there are several 
species, as D. novai-hollandice, D. ater, and D. ir- 
roratus. These birds resemble cassowaries, but belong to 
a different genus and subfamily, and are easily distinguish- 
Emu (DromttHS ntn-a-hollandia). 
eil by having no casque or helmet on the head, which, with 
the neck, is more completely feathered. The plumage is 
sooty-brown or blackish, and very copious, like long curly 
hair, there being two plumes to the quills, so that each 
feather seems double. The wings are rudimentary, useless 
for flight, and concealed in the plumage. The emus are 
intermediate in size between the cassowaries and the os- 
triches. The species first named above is the one most 
commonly seen in confinement. 
2. (a) [cap.] [NL., orig. in the form -Eroeif.] A 
genus of cassowaries. Barrere, 1745. (6) The 
specific name of the galeated cassowary of 
Ceram, in the form emeu. Latham, 1790. (c) The 
specific name of the east Australian Drom&us 
novai-hollandice, in the form emu. Stephens. 
emu 2 (e'mu), n. An Australian wood used for 
turners' work. Laslett. 
emulable (em'u-la-bl), a. [< enntl(ate) + -able.] 
That may be emulated ; capable of attainment 
by emulous effort; worthy of emulation. 
This I say to all, for none are so complete hut they may 
espy some imitable and emulable good, even in meaner 
Christians. Abp. Leighton, On 1 Pet. iii. 13. 
emulate (em'u-lat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. emulat- 
ed, ppr. emulating. [< L. crmulatus, pp. of temu- 
lari (> E. emule, v.), try to equal or excel, be emu- 
lous, < ammlus (> F. emule, n.), trying to equal 
or excel: see emulous."] 1. To strive to equal 
or excel in qualities or actions ; vie or compete 
with the character, condition, or performance 
of; rival imitatively or competitively: as, to 
emulate good or bad examples; to emulate one's 
friend or an ancient author. 
I would have 
Him emulate you : 'tis no shame to follow 
The better precedent. B. Jonson, Catiline. 
The birds sing louder, sweeter, 
And every note they emulate one another. 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, v. 4. 
He [Dryden] is always imitating no, that is not the 
word, always emulating somebody in his more strictly 
poetical attempts, for in that direction he always needed 
some external impulse to set his mind in motion. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 41. 
2f. To be a match or counterpart for; imitate; 
resemble. 
Thine eye would emulate- the diamond. 
Shak., M. W. of W., iii. 3. 
It is likewise attended with a delirium, fury, and an in- 
voluntary laughter, the convulsion emulating this motion. 
Arbuthnot. 
The blossom opening to the day, 
The dews of beav'n refin'd, 
Could naught of purity display, 
To emulate his mind. Goldsmith, Vicar, viii. 
3f. To envy. 
