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Embryonal Em"bry·o·nal adjective (Biol.) Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
Embryonary Em"bry·o·na·ry adjective (Biol.) Embryonic.
Embryonate, Embryonated Em"bry·o·nate, Em"bry·o·na`ted adjective (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
Embryonic Em`bry·on"ic adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonic sac or vesicle (Botany) , Embryoniferous Em`bry·o·nif"er·ous adjective [ Embryo + -ferous .] (Biol.) Having an embryo.
Embryoniform Em`bry·on"i·form adjective [ Embryo + -form .] (Biol.) Like an embryo in form.
Embryoplastic Em`bry·o·plas"tic noun [ Embryo + plastic .] (Biol.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
Embryotic Em`bry·ot"ic adjective (Biol.) Embryonic.
Embryotomy Em`bry·ot"o·my noun [ Greek Embryotroph Em"bry·o·troph` noun [ Greek Embryous Em"bry·ous adjective Embryonic; undeveloped. [ R.]
Embulk Em·bulk" transitive verb To enlarge in the way of bulk. [ R.] Latham.
Emburse Em·burse" transitive verb [ See Imburse .] To furnish with money; to imburse. [ Obsolete]
Embush Em·bush" transitive verb [ Confer Ambush , Imbosk .] To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [ Obsolete] Shelton.
Embushment Em·bush"ment noun [ Middle English embusshement , Old French embuschement , French embûchement .] An ambush. [ Obsolete]
Embusy Em·bus"y transitive verb To employ. [ Obsolete] Skelton.
Eme Eme noun [ See Eame .] An uncle. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
Emeer E·meer" noun Same as Emir .
Emenagogue E·men"a·gogue noun See Emmenagogue .
Emend E·mend" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Emended ; present participle & verbal noun Emending .] [ Latin emendare ; e out + menda , mendum , fault, blemish: confer French émender . Confer 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 .
Emendable E·mend"a·ble adjective [ Latin emendabilis . Confer Amendable .] Corrigible; amendable. [ R.] Bailey.
Emendately Em"en·date·ly adverb Without fault; correctly. [ Obsolete]
Emendation Em`en·da"tion noun [ Latin emendatio : confer French émendation .] Emendator Em"en·da`tor noun [ Latin ] One who emends or critically edits.
Emendatory E·mend"a·to·ry adjective [ Latin emendatorius .] Pertaining to emendation; corrective. " Emendatory criticism." Johnson.
Emender E·mend"er noun One who emends.
Emendicate E·men"di·cate transitive verb [ Latin emendicatus , past participle of emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate .] To beg. [ Obsolete] Cockeram.
Emerald Em"er·ald noun [ Middle English emeraude , Old French esmeraude , esmeralde , French émeraude , Latin smaragdus , from Greek ...; confer ...kr. marakata .] Emerald Em"er·ald adjective Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. " Emerald meadows." Byron. Emerald fish (Zoology) , Emeraldine Em"er·ald·ine noun A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.
Emeraud Em"er·aud noun [ See Emerald , noun ] An emerald. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
Emerge E·merge" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Emerged ; present participle & verbal noun Emerging .] [ Latin 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. Emergence E·mer"gence noun ; plural 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. Emergency E·mer"gen·cy noun ; plural Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency .Glanvill. To whom she might her doubts propose,Swift. A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies .Brougham. Syn. -- Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity. Emergent E·mer"gent adjective [ Latin emergens , present participle of emergere .] The mountains huge appear emergent .Milton. Protection granted in emergent danger.Burke. Emergent year (Chron.) , Emeril Em"er·il noun Emerited Em"er·it·ed adjective [ See Emeritus .] Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [ Obsolete] Evelyn.
Emeritus E·mer"i·tus adjective [ Latin , having served out his time, past participle 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.
Emeritus E·mer"i·tus noun ; plural Emerods, Emeroids Em"er·ods, Em"er·oids noun plural [ Old French emmeroides . See Hemorrhoids .] Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils. [ R.] Deut. xxviii. 27.
Emersed E·mersed" adjective [ Latin emersus , past participle See Emerge .] (Botany) Standing out of, or rising above, water. Gray.
Emersion E·mer"sion noun [ Confer French émersion . See Emerge .] Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same.Knatchbull. Emery Em"er·y noun [ French émeri , earlier émeril , Italian smeriglio , from Greek ..., ..., ..., confer ... to wipe; perhaps akin to English smear . Confer 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 , Emesis Em"e·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek .... See Emetic .] (Medicine) A vomiting.
Emetic E·met"ic adjective [ Latin emeticus , Greek ..., from ... to vomit, akin to Latin vomere : confer French émétique . See Vomit .] (Medicine) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- noun A medicine which causes vomiting.
Emetical E·met"ic·al adjective Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- Emetine Em"e·tine noun [ See Emetic .] (Chemistry) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Emeto-cathartic Em`e·to-ca·thar"tic adjective [ Greek ... vomiting + English cathartic .] (Medicine) Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.
Emeu, Emew E"meu, E"mew noun (Zoology) See Emu .
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