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- English Word Emphyteuticary Definition One who holds lands by emphyteusis.
- English Word Empierce Definition To pierce; to impierce.
- English Word Empight Definition Fixed; settled; fastened.
- English Word Empire Definition Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
- English Word Empire Definition The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.
- English Word Empire Definition Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
- English Word Empiric Definition One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
- English Word Empiric Definition One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan.
- English Word Empiric Definition Alt. of Empirical
- English Word Empirical Definition Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
- English Word Empirical Definition Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
- English Word Empirically Definition By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.
- English Word Empiricism Definition The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
- English Word Empiricism Definition Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.
- English Word Empiricism Definition The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
- English Word Empiricist Definition An empiric.
- English Word Empiristic Definition Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.
- English Word Emplaster Definition See Plaster.
- English Word Emplaster Definition To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance.
- English Word Emplastic Definition Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.
- English Word Emplastic Definition A medicine causing constipation.
- English Word Emplastration Definition The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding.
- English Word Emplastration Definition The application of a plaster or salve.
- English Word Emplead Definition To accuse; to indict. See Implead.
- English Word Emplection Definition See Emplecton.
- English Word Emplecton Definition A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
- English Word Emplore Definition See Implore.
- English Word Employ Definition To inclose; to infold.
- English Word Employ Definition To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.
- English Word Employ Definition To occupy; as, to employ time in study.