Chapter 79

Em`bry*o*plas"tic (?), n. [Embryo + plastic.] (Biol.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.

Em"bry*o sac` (?). (Bot.) See under Embryonic.

Em`bry*ot"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Embryonic.

Em`bry*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. embryotomie.] (Med.) The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.

Em"bry*o*troph` (?), n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + trofh` nourishment.] (Biol.) The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.

Em"bry*ous (?), a. Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.]

Em*bulk" (?), v. t. To enlarge in the way of bulk. [R.] Latham.

Em*burse" (?), v. t. [See Imburse.] To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.]

Em*bush" (?), v. t. [Cf. Ambush, Imbosk.] To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] Shelton.

Em*bush"ment (?), n. [OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. embûchement.] An ambush. [Obs.]

Em*bus"y (?), v. t. To employ. [Obs.] Skelton.

Eme (?), n. [See Eame.] An uncle. [Obs.] Spenser.

E*meer" (?), n. Same as Emir.

E*men"a*gogue (?), n. See Emmenagogue.

E*mend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.] To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.

Syn. -- To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.

E*mend"a*ble (?), a. [L. emendabilis. Cf. Amendable.] Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.

Em"en*date*ly (?), adv. Without fault; correctly. [Obs.]

Em`en*da"tion (?), n. [L. emendatio: cf. F. émendation.] 1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.

2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.

Em"en*da`tor (?), n. [L.] One who emends or critically edits.

E*mend"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. emendatorius.] Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism." Johnson.

E*mend"er (?), n. One who emends.

E*men"di*cate (?), v. t. [L. emendicatus, p. p. of emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate.] To beg. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Em"er*ald (?), n. [OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F. émeraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. &?;; cf. &?;kr. marakata.] 1. (Min.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

2. (Print.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare&?;l. It is used by English printers.

This line is printed in the type called emerald.

Em"er*ald, a. Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald meadows." Byron.

Emerald fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico (Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. -- Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure. -- Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. (Min.) See Hiddenite. -- Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.

Em"er*ald*ine (?; 104), n. A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

Em"er*aud (?), n. [See Emerald, n.] An emerald. [Obs.] Spenser.

E*merge" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emerged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emerging (?).] [L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See Merge.] To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity. "Thetis . . . emerging from the deep." Dryden.

Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society.

Burke.

E*mer"gence (?), n.; pl. Emergences (&?;). The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors.

Sir I. Newton.

When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung.

H. Brooke.

E*mer"gen*cy (?), n.; pl. Emergencies (#). [See Emergence.] 1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency.

Glanvill.

2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.

To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose.

Swift.

A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies.

Brougham.

Syn. -- Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.

E*mer"gent (?), a. [L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.] 1. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

The mountains huge appear emergent.

Milton.

2. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.

Protection granted in emergent danger.

Burke.

Emergent year (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence.

-- E*mer"gent*ly, adv. -- E*mer"gent*ness, n. [R.]

Em"er*il (?), n. 1. Emery. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. A glazier's diamond. Crabb.

Em"er*it*ed (?), a. [See Emeritus.] Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn.

||E*mer"i*tus (?), a. [L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve.] Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.

||E*mer"i*tus, n.; pl. Emeriti (#). [L.] A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

{ Em"er*ods (?), Em"er*oids (?), } n. pl. [OF. emmeroides. See Hemorrhoids.] Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils. [R.] Deut. xxviii. 27.

E*mersed" (?), a. [L. emersus, p. p. See Emerge.] (Bot.) Standing out of, or rising above, water. Gray.

E*mer"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. émersion. See Emerge.] 1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same.

Knatchbull.

2. (Astron.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.

Em"er*y (?), n. [F. émeri, earlier émeril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, &?;, cf. &?; to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear. Cf. Emeril.] (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum.

Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. -- Emery cloth or paper, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. -- Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.

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||Em"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;. See Emetic.] (Med.) A vomiting.

E*met"ic (?), a. [L. emeticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to vomit, akin to L. vomere: cf. F. émétique. See Vomit.] (Med.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n. A medicine which causes vomiting.

E*met"ic*al (?), a. Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.

Em"e*tine (?; 104), n. [See Emetic.] (Chem.) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

Em`e*to-ca*thar"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; vomiting + E. cathartic.] (Med.) Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

{ E"meu, or E"mew (?) }, n. (Zoöl.) See Emu.

||É`meute" (?), n. [F.] A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

Em*forth" (?), prep. [AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + forð forth.] According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]

||Em*gal"la (?), n. (Zoöl.) [Native name.] The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

Em"i*cant (?), a. [L. emicans, p. pr. of emicare. See Emication.] Beaming forth; flashing. [R.]

Which emicant did this and that way dart.

Blackmore.

Em`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. emicatio, fr. emicare to spring out or forth; e out + micare to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.] A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.

E*mic"tion (?), n. [L. e out + mingere, mictum, to make water.] 1. The voiding of urine.

2. What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.

E*mic"to*ry (?), a. & n. (Med.) Diuretic.

Em"i*grant (?), a. [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.] 1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.

2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.

Em"i*grant, n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.

Em"i*grate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emigrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating.] [L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.] To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.

Forced to emigrate in a body to America.

Macaulay.

They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.

J. H. Newman.

Em"i*grate (?), a. Migratory; roving. [Obs.]

Em`i*gra"tion (?), n. [L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration.] 1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.

Em`i*gra"tion*al (?), a. Relating to emigration.

Em`i*gra"tion*ist, n. An advocate or promoter of emigration.

Em"i*gra`tor (?), n. One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]

||É`mi`gré" (?), n. [F., emigrant.] One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

Em"i*nence (?), n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.] 1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

Without either eminences or cavities.

Dryden.

The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence.

Burke.

2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton.

You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty.

Shak.

3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Em"i*nen*cy (?), n.; pl. Eminences (&?;). State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.

Em"i*nent (?), a. [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. éminent. Cf. Menace.] 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn

2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.

Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.

Syn. -- Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished.

Em"i*nent*ly, adv. In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.

{ E"mir (?), E*meer" (?) }, n. [Ar. emr, amr, commander: cf. F. émir. Cf. Admiral, Ameer.] An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

{ E`mir*ship, E*meer"ship }, n. The rank or office of an Emir.

Em"is*sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Emissaries (#). [L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire. See Emit.] An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.

Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears.

Dryden.

Syn. -- Emissary, Spy. A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard.

Em"is*sa*ry, a. 1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.

2. (Anat.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

Em"is*sa*ry*ship`, n. The office of an emissary.

E*mis"sion (?), n. [L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit.] 1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.

2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.

Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.

Em`is*si"tious (?), a. [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.] Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.

E*mis"sive (?), a. Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.

Em`is*siv"i*ty (?), n. Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.

E*mis"so*ry (?), a. (Anat.) Same as Emissary, a., 2.

E*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.] [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.] 1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.

Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal arrows.

Prior.

2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.

No State shall . . . emit bills of credit.

Const. of the U. S.

E*mit"tent (?), a. [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.] Sending forth; emissive. Boyle.

Em*man"tle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler. Cf. Inmantle.] To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.

Em*man"u*el (?), n. See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23.

Em*mar"ble (?), v. t. To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.]

Thou dost emmarble the proud heart.

Spenser.

Em*men"a*gogue (?), n. [Gr. &?;, n. pl., menses (&?; in + &?; month) + &?; leading, fr. &?; to lead: cf. F. emménagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

Em"met (m"mt), n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.] (Zoöl.) An ant.

Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck.

||Em`me*tro"pi*a (-m*tr"p*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`mmetros in measure, proportioned, suitable ('en in + me`tron measure) + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, eye.] (Med.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, and astigmatism.

Em`me*trop"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.

The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances.

J. Le Conte.

Em*met"ro*py (?), n. (Med.) Same as Emmetropia.

Em*mew" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mew. Cf. Immew.] To mew or coop up. [Obs.] Shak.

Em*move" (?), v. t. [For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion.] To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]

Em"o*din (?), n. (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).

Em`ol*les"cence (?), n. [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

E*mol"li*ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emolliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] [See Emollient, a.] To soften; to render effeminate.

Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor.

Pinkerton.

E*mol"lient (?; 106), a. [L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See Mollify.] Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. "Emollient applications." Arbuthnot.

E*mol"lient (?; 105), n. (Med.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.

Em`ol*li"tion (?), n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.

E*mol"u*ment (?), n. [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. émolument. See Mole a mound.] The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.

A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office.

Bancroft.

E*mol`u*men"tal (?), a. Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn.

{ E*mong" (?), E*mongst" (?) }, prep. Among. [Obs.]

E*mo"tion (?), n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. émotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.] A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.

How different the emotions between departure and return!

W. Irving.

Some vague emotion of delight.

Tennyson.

Syn. -- Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. -- Emotion, Feeling, Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may be bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." Crabb.

E*mo"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

E*mo"tion*al*ism (?), n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

E*mo"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. To give an emotional character to.

Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct.

Froude.

E*mo"tioned (?), a. Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.

E*mo"tive (?), a. Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. -- E*mo"tive*ly, adv.

E*mo"tive*ness, n. Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot.

E`mo*tiv"i*ty (?), n. Emotiveness. Hickok.

E*move" (?), v. t. To move. [Obs.] Thomson.

Em*pair" (?), v. t. To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*pais"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; (sc. &?;), fr. &?; to stamp in; &?; in + &?; to strike.] (Fine Arts) Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.

Em*pale" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.] To make pale. [Obs.]

No bloodless malady empales their face.

G. Fletcher.

Em*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.] 1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.

All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise.

Sir W. Raleigh.

2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.

3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

4. (Her.) Same as Impale.

Em*pale"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See Empale.] [Written also impalement.] 1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.

2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

3. (Her.) Same as Impalement.

Em*pan"el (?), n. [Pref. em- (L. in) + panel.] (Law) A list of jurors; a panel. [Obs.] Cowell.

Em*pan"el, v. t. See Impanel.

Em*pan"o*plied (?), a. [Pref. em- + panoply.] Completely armed; panoplied. Tennyson.

Em*par"a*dise (?), v. t. Same as Imparadise.

Em*park" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + park: cf. OF. emparchier, emparkier. Cf. Impark.] To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark. [Obs.]

Em*par"lance (?), n. Parley; imparlance. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*pasm" (?), n. [F. empasme, fr. Gr. &?; to sprinkle in or on; &?; in + &?; to sprinkle.] A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.

Em*pas"sion (?), v. t. To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion. [Obs.]

Those sights empassion me full near.

Spenser.

Em*pas"sion*ate (?), a. Strongly affected. [Obs.]

The Briton Prince was sore empassionate.

Spenser.

Em*pawn" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + pawn. Cf. Impawn.] To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.

To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates.

Milman.

Em*peach" (?), v. t. To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*pearl" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + pearl. Cf. Impearl.] To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.

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Em*peo"ple (?), v. t. To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.]

We now know 't is very well empeopled.

Sir T. Browne.

Em"per*ess (?), n. See Empress. [Obs.]

Em"per*ice (?), n. An empress. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Em*per"il (?), v. t. To put in peril. See Imperil. Spenser.

Em*per"ished (?), a. Perished; decayed. [Obs.]

I deem thy brain emperished be.

Spenser.

Em"per*or (?), n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative, Empress.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.