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`emporia
`POLDER ] : to make (land that is underwater or periodically
`flooded ) cultivable by the erection of banks or levees to pre(cid:173)
`vent or control inundation and by adequate drainage
`em.po-ri-um \am ' poream, em-, -6r-\ n, pI emporiums
`\ -e~mz\ also empo-ria \-ea\ [L. fro Gk emporioll, fro em(cid:173)
`parDS traveler, trader, fr. em- 2en- + -parDS (fr. paras path,
`road, journey - mo rc at FARE ] 1 a : a piaceof trade : MARKET(cid:173)
`PLACE, MART; esp : a commercial center ( the 1"'0..1 of the innumer(cid:173)
`able kinds of merchandise which are exchanged between China,
`Central Asia, and Europe-W.H. G.Kingsto n) ( it has been pri(cid:173)
`marily an industrial city rather than a commercial,......, -Lewis
`Mumford) b: an esp. sizable p.lace of business or center of
`activity that serves customers (earnin g his living at the local
`furniture"""'" -William McFee) ( he has built and equipped two
`eating ""'-'s with a combined capacity of more than 200 food
`consumers at a sitting -Fred Hawthorne) (a hardware ""'-')
`c : a store, shop, or similar enterprise making claim to fanci(cid:173)
`ness or specia l commercial significance (d rinking and gambling
`""'-' -A mer. Guide Series: Oregon) (fo und his once sedate car(cid:173)
`riage shop transformed into a sort of Hollywood hot-rod ,.....,..
`-Hugh Humphrey ) ( the dresses in the windows of the dry"
`goods""'" -Hamilton Basso) ( one of the shiny movie ......,s
`-P.E.Deutschman ) (a Chinese chop-suey""'" -Bennett Cerf)
`2 : a store carrying a great diversity of merchandise ( that
`general ""'-' which catered to a variety of human needs -Della
`Lutes) (a n air-conditioned news. candy. and soda-fountain .......
`-J.P.Marquand )
`empory obs var of EMPORIUM
`em-power \ am, em + \ vt [l en- + power (n. ) ] 1 : to give
`official authority to : delegate legal power to : COMMISSION.
`AUTHORIZE ("'ed the Supreme Court and the district courts of
`the U.S. to issue writs of habeas corpus in circumstances in(cid:173)
`volving the exercise of jurisdiction by Federal authorities
`-C.B.Swisher) ( these courts of appea l are also "'ed to review
`and enforce orders of federal adm inistrati ve bodies -W.S.
`Sayre) ( the department was "'ed by the legisla ture to begin
`courses in medicine -Amer. Guide Series: Minll. ) 2: to give
`faculties or abilities to : ENA BLE (t he emotion which ....... s artists
`to create significant form -Clive Bell) ( ......,ed by long training,
`the young priest blotted himseLf out of his own consciousness
`and meditated upon thE: anguish of his Lord -Willa Cather)
`-
`em-pow-er-ment \"mant\ n-s
`em-pre.sa-rio \,empra'sUre,o, -sa (a) r-.-ser-.-sAr-\ n -s [SP.
`contractor, manager, prob. fr. It impresario - more at IM(cid:173)
`PRESAR IO] : one who before Texas became part of the U . S.
`entered into a contract with the Spanish or Mexican govern(cid:173)
`ment to settle a certa in number of families in Texas in exchange
`for sizable grants of land
`1em_press \'empr6s\ n -ES [ME emperesse, fr. OF, fern. of em(cid:173)
`pereor emperor - more at EMPEROR] 1: the wife or widow of
`an emperor 2: a woman who holds an imperial title in her
`own fi ght ( in 1876 Parliament conferred the title Empress of
`India on Queen Victoria )
`2empress obs var of ' IM PRESS
`em-presse.ment \ Unp resm~n\ II, pi empressements \_mUn (z) \
`[ F, fro (s')empresser to hurry. be eager (fr. em- len- + presser
`to hurry) + -ment - more at PRESS] : emotional interest or
`involvement: FERVOR (lively, too lively. fond of showing off,
`exhibiting abundance of'" in everything -W .G .Hammond)
`( if I hear anyt hing very sinister and dramatic related with great
`......, -Ngaio Marsh) : WARMTH, CORDIALITY (came forward to
`welcome her with considerable "'-' -Agatha Christie) ( his
`manner lacked ....... -Elizabeth Bowen)
`em-press.ite \ ' emp r~ ,sit\ n -s [ Empress Josephine mine,
`Kerber creek dist., Colorado + E -i/e] : a mineral AgTe con(cid:173)
`sisting of telluride of silver
`empress tree n [l empress; after Anna Pavlovna. afte r whom
`the genus Paulownia was named - more at PAULOWNIA]
`: a pa,ulownia (Paulo wllia tomefltosa)
`em-prise \em'prlz\ fl -s [ME, fro MF, fro OF, fro fern. of empris,
`past part. of emprendre to undertake, fro
`(assumed) VL
`imprelrendere, fr. L im- zin- + prehendere to seize - more at
`GET] 1 : UNDERTAKING, ENTERPRISE (w hen a nation of men
`starts making literature it invariably starts on the difficult ......,
`of verse, and goes on to prose as by an afterthought -A.T.
`Quiller-Couch); esp : adventu rous. daring, or chivalric enter(cid:173)
`prise (the deep-breathed glory of high ~ -S.E.White)
`2 : an instance of esp . adventurous or daring em prise ( in a
`high", that to the rest of us is at once a challenge and a solace
`-R.M.Neal)
`em.pros.thot.o.nos \.em.prMs·thllt'nos\ n -ES [NL, fr. Ok
`drawn forward and stiffened. fr. emprostho- (fr. emprostlren
`before, in front) + -Ionos (fr. tenein to stretch) ] : a tetanic
`spasm which bends the body ventralward
`empt \'em(p)t\ vb -ED/-t NG/-S [ME empten, emptien, fr. OE
`iimtiall, {imelagian to empty, be at leisure. fr. limtig. limettig
`empty. unoccupied - more at EMPTY] now dial : EMPTY
`emptied past oj EMPTY
`lemptier comparative oj EMPTY
`2emp_ti_er \'em (p) tea(r) \ II -S : one that empties
`empties pres 3d sing oj EMPTY. pi of EMPTY
`emptiest superlatil'e oj EMPTY
`emp·ti·ly \'em (p) tol le, -t'll, li\ adv : in an empty manner
`(gazing ""'-' at television -Perry Miller) (the play after that .......
`thins down -Sta rk Young)
`emp-ti.ness \-ten;:;s, -tin-\ " -ES [ME emptinesse. fro empty +
`-nesse -ness] 1 a : the quality or state of being empty b: the
`quality or state of lacking or being devoid of contents (as
`typical or customary) ( the "'-' of the coal bin) ( the ....... of the
`ga rage ) c: the 'qua lity or state of being uninhabited, unfre(cid:173)
`quented. or containing no human beings ( the "', the blankness
`of great solitudes -Laurence Binyon) ( the peculiar ""'-' of the
`green meadows and the tiny hidden la nes -Margery Alling(cid:173)
`ham ) 2 a : BARRENNESS (a life . .. ghastly in its'" and sterili ty
`-Aldous Huxley); esp : lack of imagination or creative abili ty
`(paintings marked by simplicity but not......,) b: lac k of some(cid:173)
`thing necessary to spiritual growth or sustenance ( the vul(cid:173)
`garity. the cheap ness, the showy pretentiousness, the dreadful
`'" of life for the middle classes durin g the uneasy peace - W.L .
`Shirer) ( the spiritual ....... of army life will have deeply affected
`the thinking habits of many men -B.B.Selig man) c: INANITY,
`FOOLISHNESS, SENSELESSNESS ( he realized the'" of mere opposi(cid:173)
`tion to the U. S. on such questions -A.F.Buchan ) d: lack
`of significant purposefulness: an engaging in purposeless or
`inane ac tivity ( life witho ut a customary cOn)panion was
`"'. ennui. restiveness and fidget - Francis Hackett) 3: HU N(cid:173)
`GER ( the family had sat down, ill-hu mored from "', to dinner
`at four o'clock -Ellen Glasgow) 4 a : LACK ( they were
`glad to overlook its frequent "'-' of con te nt -Van Wyck
`Brooks) b: lack of warmth, love. or affection (with her
`chi ldren she feels affectionate and at the sa me time has an
`impression of ......,. which she gloomily interprets as complete
`indifference - H.M.Parshley) c: marked unhappiness deriv(cid:173)
`ing from the loss of someth in g lo ved (the "'-' of utter loss
`-F.R.Leavis) d: sense of loss esp. of something desirable
`(o nly an ........ a feeling that something was over -Stuart e loete)
`5 : uninhabited or unknown territory (s tood on the shores of
`this nameless lake at last ... saying tha t we should turn back
`~rso:;s~~~;;r o~~~~~t~t~~~~~i~ga~l~gs~~ar~:Ye~~~f~ ~'d;::~
`Peyton) 6: something lacking significant content : fRI(cid:173)
`VOLITY 2 ( a play tha t was nothing more than a competent
`piece of "') 7 Buddhism: NIRVANA
`emp·tins \'em (p) tonz\ or emp.tings \ ", -tilJz\ n pi [ alter. of
`emptyings, pI. of emptying, fr. ge rund of zempty ] dial: a liquid
`leavening usu. made a t home from potatoes or hops and kept
`from one baking to the next
`emp-tion \'em(p) sh~n \ 11 -s [L emption-. emptio. fro emptlls
`(past part. of em ere to buy) + -iOIl-, -io -ion - more at
`REDEEM ] 1 : the act of buying : PURCHASE ( relieved both of
`the'" of stuffs and of the payment of tailors and property"
`makers -E.K.Chambers) 2: RIGHT OF EMPTION -
`emp(cid:173)
`tion·al \-shon'l\ adj
`emp-tio-ven-di-tio \ 'em(p)te,o,wen'did.e,o\ or emptio et
`venditio \-te,o(,)et(,)w-\ fI [L emptio et venditio buying and
`sellin g ] : the consensua l contract between two parties for the
`purchase of something by one party and its sale by the other
`at a n agreed price
`e~f~~~~~~~~\i'J~~~ -,t6 (.)r\ n -5 [L, fro emptu~ + -or]
`
`744
`lemp·ty \'em (p) te, -ti\ adj -ER/ -EST [ME, fr. OE ii'mtig,
`limettig empty, unoccupied. fro limetta leisure. rest (fr. ~­
`not, wit hout + -metta, fr. moWn to have to) + -ig -y - more at
`MUST ] 1 a : containing nothing: devoid of contents: not
`filled (an""'" box); esp : lacking typical. expected, or former
`contents (a cold ""'-' stove) (an "'-' pantry) (an'" purse) (an
`""'-' cha ir) (shows the""'" cross and the distant rising sun -T.A .
`Stafford ) b: VACANT, UNOCCUPIED (a n'" house) (a n ....... lot )
`<'" factory space) c: devoid of people (a n I""oJ theater)
`( along the road that had been so quiet and......, the night before,
`but was now crowded with people - Archibald Marshall)
`: UNINHABITED (c.olonize""'" lands where the Red Indian nomad
`would be the only person aggrieved -O.M.Trevelyan) ( most
`of the northeast coast is""'" except for the villages -P.E.James)
`: UNFREQUENTED ( seemed less disagreeable when one could
`walk in quiet, '" places after dark -W .B.Yeats) (the muddy
`waters are "'-', except for an occasional small ship such as the
`one taking me away -H .W.Carter) d of a female domestic
`animal : not bearing a fetus : not pregnant (an ""'-' heifer)
`e logic. of a class : having no members: NU LL 2: having
`nothing to carry or transport: not loaded or burdened ( an '"
`truck) (an,....., mail pouch) : lacking cargo (an'" freighter )
`(an,..... camel train ) 3 a : destitute of reality or substance (an
`'" dream ) ( ....... lip service) b: destitute of value : HOLLOW,
`VAIN (a n""'" pleasure) (confirmation of appointments by the
`senate is anything but an "'-' form - Amer. Guide Series: N.J.)
`('" bragging and all the playacting that springs from insin(cid:173)
`cerity -H.M.Parshley ) (a n""'" display of erudition -Benja(cid:173)
`min Farrington ) ( unless our party is reunited ... the nomina(cid:173)
`tion for presidency will be purely an""'" honor -F.D.Roose(cid:173)
`veil) ( the idle or ......, use of God's name -interpreter' s Bible)
`C : destitute of effect or force ("'-' threats) d: devoid of sense
`: MEANI NGLESS, FOOLISH (a speech made up of '" and platitudi(cid:173)
`nous ideas) ( if all that cannot be understood or satisfactorily
`explained is to be dismissed as impossible or unreal, life wi ll
`be an ....... thing indeed -W.F.Hambly) e: devoid of knowl(cid:173)
`edge. intelligence, o r sense ( where a member of the aristocracy
`may be as husky of body and as """-' of mind as the most menial
`of the working caste -W.C.Allee) f: devoid of expression
`or of any sign of intelligence ( an""'" face) 4: HUNGRY ( after
`missing lunch the children were very ""'-' by suppertime)
`5 a : lacking meaningful occupation or activity (s he wakened
`in the morning with a slight feeling of a nticipation. a faint
`stirri ng of hope. instead of the horror and dread of another""'"
`day -Dorothy Witton) (su mmer in the city was an ....... season
`-Nancy Cardozo) : not occ upied with any purposeful activity
`: IDLE ( to fill the""'" hours, her daughter asked her to embroider
`a worsted picture -Current Biog.) (s he enjoys turning her '"
`leisure into a bountiful offering -H.M.Parshley) b: having
`no purpose: USELESS ( a certai n amount of ,...,.. mileage is un(cid:173)
`necessarily run -Brit. Transport Rev.) c: yielding no return
`( it was tedious work and involved following a lot of ......, leads
`-Best True Fact Detective ) 6 a : marked by the absence of
`human life o r activity or anything providing comfort or human
`warmth ( the ....... si lence of the night ) (a cold and", wasteland)
`(blank and ....... fields -Pearl Buck) b: lacking human affec-
`tion, warmth. or love (i t had been an acrid ......, horne with every(cid:173)
`one growing alien to one another -N orman Mailer) 7: DES(cid:173)
`TITUTE, DEVOID ('" of all purpose or meaning) ( the streets are
`"'-' of automobiles -Jean Stafford ) (did
`the roads look
`peculiarly ro..J of traffic -Meridel L e Sueur) ( the a ir was never
`......, of their sweet, sad ca lling - Mary Webb) ('" of meaning)
`8 a: marked by a strong sense of loss or unhappy purposeless(cid:173)
`ness ( the weeks after his wife's death were ....... and desolate)
`: experiencing a marked and unsatisfied emotional need ( one
`evening you are lonely and ....... because the moon is shining
`and there is a strange beauty over the land -Charlton Laird)
`b : incapable of experiencing further emotion: emotionally
`dulled or exhausted ( his outburst had left him completely......,.
`like a shaken sack -Liam 0' Flaherty)
`syn VACANT, BLANK, VOID, VACUOUS: EMPTY is a general term
`describing something lacking content; its usual antonyms are
`full or filled (an empty basket) (an empty room from which
`the furniture had been moved) ( the dark and empty audi(cid:173)
`torium of a theater in the morning when only one or two
`cleaners are moving about -Alan Moorehead) Figuratively,
`EMPTY indicates lack of content or significa nce (when words
`came they did not break the silence. The wall remained. The
`words that came were empty, meaningless words -Sherwood
`Anderson) ( the unthinking mind is not necessarily dull. r~de,
`or impervious; it is probably simply empty -C.W.Eltot)
`VACANT describes what is witho ut an occupant, incumbent,
`tenant. inmate, or person o r thing appropriately settled or
`fixed within (a vacant room ready for a new tenant) (the nook
`among the brambles where his van had been standing was as
`vacant as ever the next morning -Thomas Hardy) (a vacallt
`throne) (a vacant professorship ) Figuratively. VACANT may
`indica te lack of a n agency or attribute considered as a usua l
`occupant ( her partner. the poor snail, was a vacant creature,
`scarcely more than half-witted -
`and the hard work. of cou rse,
`was put off on her -Willa Cather) ( his vacan t eye, his lack of
`interest in what we nt on about him, and his strange gestu res
`and mutterings were symptoms of a failing mind -C.B.
`Nordhoff & J .N .Hall) BLANK desc ri bes what is free from
`writing or marking (a blank book) (a blank page) In 1T!0re
`figurative uses it may indicate lack of signs of expreSSion,
`comprehension, or meaning (she had not a word to say. and
`in blank astonishment she beheld the carriage drive off
`-William Black) ( their utterances are more or less seriously
`taken because the public, equally ignorant, is just as blank and
`undiscriminating -C.H.Grandgent)
`VOID
`intensifies the
`notions of EMPTY (void barren desert) (a large smooth shin(cid:173)
`ing face. ,'oid of a sign of mustache or whiskers -Henry
`James t 1916) (vo id of huma n interest or poetic quality, as
`yet unstirred by a breath of life -H.O.Taylor) VACUOUS may
`suggest the emptiness of a vacuum; in figurati ve applications
`to persons and their notions, it is a synonym of inane ( the
`substances are dried in a bell jar or desiccator over co ncen(cid:173)
`trated sulfuric acid. The drying takes place more rapidly if the
`containing vessel is rendered vacuous -J .F.Thorpe & Martha
`A. Whiteley ) ( to see whether he could detect any surprise o r
`suspicion. There was nothing to be read in the vacuous face,
`blank as a school notice-board out of term -Graham Greene)
`syn see in addition VAIN
`'empty \"\ vb -ED/ -ING/ -ES vt 1 a: to make empty, devoid of
`content, or vacant : depri ve of contents. furnishings, or in(cid:173)
`habitants (~ a box) (~ a truck) (~ a house) (~ a city)
`b : DEPR IVE. DIVEST ('" a phrase of all meaning) (emptied him(cid:173)
`self of all power to control) ( the Christ who emptied Himself
`of His glory and accepted humilia tion a nd suffering -R.M.
`French) ( his eyes emptied themselves of light and intelligence
`-R.H.Newman ) ( a style emptied of human con tent - A!lthony
`Blunt) ( the curriculum can be emptied of all the stud ies and
`the disciplines which relate to faith and to morals -Walter
`Lippmann) c: to discharge (itself) of contents ( the stream
`itself
`into
`the
`ri ve r)
`( the wa ter pipe emptied
`empties
`itself into the rain barrel with a gurgling sound) d: to fire
`(a repeating firearm ) until emp ty ( he leaped to his feet and
`emptied his gun throu gh the broken wi ndow -S.H.Holbrook)
`2 : to remove from what holds, encloses, or contains (as by
`carrying. pouring, or leading o ut) (......, the grain from a sack )
`("'-' the money from a purse) ('" the furniture from a house)
`(""'-' the cattle from a stable) 3: to place, deposit. carry, dump,
`or pour by emptying from what holds, e ncloses. or contains
`('" grain into a bin) ('" his armful of packages onto the table)
`("'-' the sacks from the truck onto the porch ) ( no waste,
`garbage, or refuse may be emptied on highways -Amer.
`Guide Series: N. H. ) -- vi 1 : to become 2mpty ( the theater
`emp!ied rapidly after the show ended ) 2: to empty or dis(cid:173)
`charge its contents ( the river empties into the ocean) 3: to
`defecate or urinate: EVACUATE
`3empty \ "\ n -ES : something that is empty; esp : an empty
`container (as a box. bottle, cask) or vehicle (as a cab o r car)
`(an engine pulling five full boxcars. one coal car, and severa l
`empties) (a lways drunk two quarts of wine a day on the job.
`tossing his empties into the basement -Clifford Aucoin)
`empty-cell process or empty-cell treatment" : a method of
`trea ting wood so that the chemical preservative coats the cell
`walls, the cell cavities remaining nearly or quite empty-com(cid:173)
`pare FULL-CELL PROCESS
`
`emulsifiability
`
`empty glume n : GLUME
`empty-handed \:"": "" \ adj: being without ga in or acquisition
`: havin g acquired or gained nothing (went out to win a fortune
`but came home empty -hallded) ( lack of mining equipment and
`geological data forced him to sail home empty -hallded -A mer.
`Guide Series: Mich. )
`empty-headed \ :" ":""\ adj : uninformed and scatterbrained
`( an empty-headed wriggle-hipped blonde -Time)
`emptyhearted \: .. : •• \ adj : having an empty heart ( hardly
`consistent with the levity of that society, a like "'-' and empty"
`headed -James Manineau )
`empty out vt : EMPTY (empty out the water barrel to clear it of
`sediment) (empty a boat out by beaching it and turning it over)
`empty weight 11 : the weight of the structure, power plant, and
`fixed equipment of an airplane in flying condition
`empty word II : FUNCTION WORD
`em.purple \om, em+\ vb [l en- + purple (adj .) ] "t 1 a: RED(cid:173)
`DEN (blood from a deep cut empurplillg the leg) b: to make
`flushed (as with effort or embarrassment) ( broke off. his red
`face empurpled, mouthing speechlessly -J .E.Macdonnell)
`2 : to make purple (as with cold or anger) (a dying sun em(cid:173)
`purpling the distant hills ) (a face en/purpled by exposure) -- vi
`: to become red or flushed ( face empurpled, and the sweat
`poured down as she toiled away with the cra nky thing -C.S.
`Forester)
`empurpled adj : marked by purple passages (a lush and ......,
`prose) ( a writer of '" literature)
`em-pu-sa \em'pyUsa, -Uza\ [NL, fr. Gk empousa hobgoblin,
`specter ] syn of ENTOMOPHTHORA
`em-py-e.ma \,em ,pi'emd. - pe'e-\ n, pi empyema-ta \-'em(cid:173)
`~d·Cl. -'em-\ or empyemas tLL, fro Gk empyema. fro empyeill
`to suppurate ] : the p resence of pus in a bodily cavity (as the
`em-py-e-mic \:",,,:e:rnik
`pleural cavity) : purulent pleurisy -
`-:em-\ adj
`em.py-re-al \:em,pI:real. - pa:- ; (')em:pireal, -:pir-\ adj [LL
`empyreus. empyrius (fr. Ldk empyrios, fro Gk empyros fiery,
`fro em- Zen- + -pyros, fro pyr fire) + E -al - more at FIRE]
`1 : of or relating to the empyrean : CELESTIAL 2: SUBLIME
`( well-meaning ineptitude, that rises to "'-' a bsurdity -M.S.
`D workin)
`1em-py.re-an \-eeln\ adj [LL empyreus. empyrius + E -an]
`: EMPYREAL ( the earthly perfection of the individua l to a height
`no less'" than Luther'S ideal of reli gious salvation -Helen
`Sullivan) (......, aplom b -Hamilton Basso)
`2empyrean \ "\ n -s 1 a : the highest heaven or heavenly
`sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usu. described as a
`sphere of fire or light - CDmpare ELEMENT 1; ETHER. HEAVEN
`b : the true and ultimate heavenly paradise -
`used chiefly by
`certain Christian wri te rs (as John Milton) 2: FtRMAMENT
`: HEAVENS (an inhabitant of Mars guiding his spaceship through
`the"""" - Lucius Garvin) (the blue and cloudless "'-' -F.L.
`Allen) 3: a transcendentally sublime or lofty otherworldly
`place esp. from which lofty ideas ma y be thought to derive
`( forever to inhabit an ,...,.. of blithe intellectual play, of charm(cid:173)
`ing fancies and biting good sense-Edmund Wilson ) ( he alo ne
`stands still while the whole ""'-' of Greek life circles about him
`-J.J .Chapman) (the social theorist high in the,......, of pure
`ideas uncontaminated by mundane facts -R.K.Merton)
`empyreum n -s [ML. fr. neu t. of LL empyreus] obs : EMPYREAN 2
`em-py-reu-ma \,emp;:;'rUm ~, -pe'-. -,pi'-\ n, pi empyreuma-ta
`\-mad-a\ [Gk, live coal covered with ashes, fr. empyreuein to
`light a fire, fr o em- Zen- + pyrellein to light. fr. pyr ] : the pe(cid:173)
`culiar odor of the products of organic substances burned in
`closed vessels
`em-py-reu-mat-ic \:" (.)" ,rU:mad.ik\ also em-py-reu.mat(cid:173)
`i-cal \-d.akal\ adj [Gk empyrewnat-, empyreuma + E -ie,
`-ical] : being or having an odor of burnt organic matter
`as a result of decomposition at high temperatures (creosote
`and other,......, oils)
`em quad fl [l em ] : a quad whose point dimension and set
`dimension a re the same or very nearly the same: a quad with
`a square or almost square body
`ems pi oj EM
`emu \'e (,)myU sometimes -mU\ 11 -s [modif. of Pg ema] 1: a
`large Australian ratite bird (Dromiceius Ilovae-hollandiae)
`now almost wholly restricted to northern and western Aus(cid:173)
`tralia and being the largest existing bird next to the closely
`related ostrich. inhabiting open forests and plains, and having
`rudimentary wings and plumage of slender drooping feathers
`with greatly developed afters hafts and a head and neck
`feathered and without wattles 2: any of various tall flightless
`birds (as the rhea and cassowary)
`EMU abbr, usu 1I0t cap electromagnetic unit
`emu apple n : an Australia n tree (Owellia addu/a ) ; also : its
`subacid fruit that is a bout as large as a small nectarine
`emu bush II 1 : an Au'stralian tree of the genus Pholidia
`of the fami ly Myoporaceae (esp. P. /ongifolia) 2: an Aus(cid:173)
`tralian tree (Heterodendroll oleaefolium) of the family Sapinda(cid:173)
`ceae
`ernul abbr emulsion
`lem_n_late \'emy~,Hit, USli -ad.+V\ vb -ED/ -I NG/ -S [L aemu(cid:173)
`latus, past part. of aemulari. fr. aemulus rivaling, envious,
`akin to Gk aitia cause - more at ETIOLOGY ] vt 1 a : to strive
`to equal or excel: imitate with the intention of equaling or
`outdoing (a simplicity emulated without success by numerous
`modern poets -T.S.Eliot) b: IMITATE (book-covering ma(cid:173)
`terials which o ne way or a nother""'" leather -Book Produc(cid:173)
`tion) ( some of the earl y Protestant congregations emulated
`this custom, but soon gave up the practice -Amer. Guide
`Series: La. ) 2 obs : to be jealous of : ENVY 3: to equal or
`ap proac h equality with: RIVAL ( her companions she loved
`and admired, but could not "'. for they were wise about
`things she knew not of -Rose Macaulay) ( modern watercolor
`in the West, when it tries. as it often does, to ....... the force and
`solidity of oil painting, only succeeds in sacrificing its own s pe(cid:173)
`cial felicities - Laurence Binyon> ( he became president ... at
`the age of 32. emulating his father' s election to the post when
`he was 34 -H.T.Brundidge) -- vi. obs : STRIVE, ENDEAVOR
`2emulate adj [L aemulatlls, past part. ] obs : EMULOUS
`em-u-Ia-tion \,emya'iashan\ fl -S [L aemulation-, aemulatio,
`fro aemulatus + -ion-, -io -ion] 1 a : a striving by imitation to
`equal others in acco mplishment o r quality (earlier there was
`riva lry and even antagonism between the two nations of
`British culture but there was little ....... -Edward Shils) (crea ting
`manufacturing industries in """-' of the U. S. -George Wythe) ;
`also : IMITATION ( slavish "'-' of the elite - M.D. Geismar)
`( na ti ve milita ry traditions tolerated no blind "'-' of a forei gn
`prototype -Hajo Holborn ) b: a strivin g to excel others in
`accomplishment or quality: RIVALRY ( the spi rit of '" enters
`into the majority of games, and usually the contest element
`masks other features of the games -Notes & Queries 011
`Anthropology) C archaic: the ambition to equal or excel in
`accomplishment or quality
`d obs
`: contentious rivalry
`2 archaic : JEALOUSY, ENVY
`em.u.la.tive \'em Y',llild·liv, -J.I , Itl , lev also I,v\ adj : cha r(cid:173)
`acterized by emulation (a son's "'-' drive to achieve the sa me
`success as his father ) : tending to e mulation (a man's character
`marked by strong'" qualities) : de ri ving from emu lation o r
`the impulse or drive to emula tion ( the explo itation of ma(cid:173)
`teria listic dr ives and......, anxieties - D .M.Po tler) -
`em-tr-Ia(cid:173)
`tive,ly \tovIe, -li\ ad"
`em-u-la-tor \-Jad·d( r), -at;J-\ Il -s [L aemulator. fr. aemulatus
`+ -or] : one that emulates : IMITATOR, RIVAL
`em-u-Ia-to-ry \'emYdla,tore, -6r-, -rio chiefly Brit -.Hitari or
`-,ra.tri\ adj : EMULATIVE
`emulge \~'rn elJj. e'-\ vt -ED/ -I NG/ -S [L emillgere to milk out ]
`archaic : to draw off the fluid from (a bodily o rgan)
`ernul-gent \-jClnt\ adj [L emulgellt-, emulKells, pres. part. of
`emulgere to milk OUI, fro e- + mulglfre to milk - more at MILK ]
`: that provides a drain for or strains o ut the product of some(cid:173)
`thing (as the kidneys )
`em.n.lolls \ 'emyabs\ adj [L aemuius ri valing. envious -
`more at EMULATE ] 1 a : ambitious or eager to emulate: st ri v(cid:173)
`ing for an accomplishment or quality equa l or superior to that
`of another : marked by a desire to imitate or ri val ( ....... suitors)
`b: inspi red by or deriving from a desire to emulate ('" fer vo r)
`2 obs : JEALOUS, ENVIOUS 3 archaic : ZEALOUS -
`em·u(cid:173)
`lous-Iy adv -
`em-u-Ious-ness Il -ES
`emul.si.fi.abil.i.ty \-,mols.,fl.'bil.d·e\ or emul.si·bil·i·ty
`\-sa'bil-\ n -ES : capacity fol' being emulsified
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