Émeute É`meute" noun [ French] A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

Emforth Em·forth" preposition [ Anglo-Saxon em- , emn- , in comp. equiv. to efen equal + forð forth.] According to; conformably to. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

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

Emgalla Em·gal"la noun (Zoology) [ Native name.] The South African wart hog. See Wart hog .

Emicant Em"i·cant adjective [ Latin emicans , present participle of emicare . See Emication .] Beaming forth; flashing. [ R.]

Which emicant did this and that way dart.

Blackmore.

Emication Em`i·ca"tion noun [ Latin emicatio , from 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.

Emiction E·mic"tion noun [ Latin e out + mingere , mictum , to make water.] 1. The voiding of urine.

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

Emictory E·mic"to·ry adjective & noun (Medicine) Diuretic.

Emigrant Em"i·grant adjective [ Latin emigrans , -antis , present participle of emigrare to emigrate: confer French émigrant . See Emigrate , intransitive verb ] 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.

Emigrant Em"i·grant noun 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.

Emigrate Em"i·grate intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Emigrated ; present participle & verbal noun Emigrating .] [ Latin emigratus , past participle 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.

Emigrate Em"i·grate adjective Migratory; roving. [ Obsolete]

Emigration Em`i·gra"tion noun [ Latin emigratio : confer French 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 .

Emigrational Em`i·gra"tion·al adjective Relating to emigration.

Emigrationist Em`i·gra"tion·ist noun An advocate or promoter of emigration.

Emigrator Em"i·gra`tor noun One who emigrates; am emigrant. [ R.]

Émigré É`mi`gré" noun [ French, emigrant.] One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

Eminence Em"i·nence noun [ Latin eminentia , from eminens eminent: confer French 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.

Eminency Em"i·nen·cy noun ; plural Eminences State of being eminent; eminence. " Eminency of estate." Tillotson.

Eminent Em"i·nent adjective [ Latin eminens , -entis , present participle of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: confer French éminent . Confer 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 .

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

Emir, Emeer E"mir, E·meer" noun [ Arabic emīr , amīr , commander: confer French émir . Confer 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.

Emirship, Emeership E`mir·ship, E·meer"ship noun The rank or office of an Emir.

Emissary Em"is·sa·ry noun ; plural Emissaries . [ Latin emissarius , from emittere , emissum , to send out: confer French 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.

Emissary Em"is·sa·ry adjective 1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.

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

Emissaryship Em"is·sa·ry·ship` noun The office of an emissary.

Emission E·mis"sion noun [ Latin emissio : confer French 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 .

Emissitious Em`is·si"tious adjective [ Latin emissitius , from emittere .] Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [ Obsolete] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.

Emissive E·mis"sive adjective Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.

Emissivity Em`is·siv"i·ty noun Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.

Emissivity Em`is·siv"i·ty noun Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place; specif. (Physics) , the rate of emission of heat from a bounding surface per degree of temperature difference between the surface and surrounding substances (called by Fourier external conductivity ).

Emissory E·mis"so·ry adjective (Anat.) Same as Emissary , adjective , 2.

Emit E·mit" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Emitted ; present participle & verbal noun Emitting .] [ Latin 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.

Emittent E·mit"tent adjective [ Latin emittens , present participle emittere .] Sending forth; emissive. Boyle.

Emmantle Em·man"tle transitive verb [ Prefix em- (L. in ) + mantle : confer French emmanteler . Confer Inmantle .] To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Emmanuel Em·man"u·el noun See Immanuel . Matt. i. 23.

Emmarble Em·mar"ble transitive verb To turn to marble; to harden. [ Obsolete]

Thou dost emmarble the proud heart.

Spenser.

Emmenagogue Em·men"a·gogue noun [ Greek ..., noun plural, menses (... in + ... month) + ... leading, from ... to lead: confer French emménagogue .] (Medicine) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

Emmet Em"met (ĕm"mĕt) noun [ Middle English emete , amete , Anglo-Saxon æmete . See Ant .] (Zoology) An ant.

Emmet hunter (Zoology) , the wryneck.

Emmetropia Em`me·tro"pi·a (-me*trō"pĭ*ȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Greek 'e`mmetros in measure, proportioned, suitable ( 'en in + me`tron measure) + 'w`ps , 'wpo`s , eye.] (Medicine) 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 .

Emmetropic Em`me·trop"ic adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.

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

J. Le Conte.

Emmetropy Em·met"ro·py noun (Medicine) Same as Emmetropia .

Emmew Em·mew" transitive verb [ Prefix em- (L. in ) + mew . Confer Immew .] To mew or coop up. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Emmove Em·move" transitive verb [ For emove : confer French émouvoir , Latin emovere . See Emotion .] To move; to rouse; to excite. [ Obsolete]

Emodin Em"o·din noun (Chemistry) An orange-red crystalline substance, C ₁₅ H ₁₀ O ₅ , obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb ( Rheum emodei ).

Emollescence Em`ol·les"cence noun [ Latin e out + mollescere , incho. from 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.

Emolliate E·mol"li·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Emolliated ; present participle & verbal noun Emolliating .] [ See Emollient , adjective ] To soften; to render effeminate.

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

Pinkerton.

Emollient E·mol"lient adjective [ Latin emolliens , -entis , present participle of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: confer French émollient . See Mollify .] Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. " Emollient applications." Arbuthnot.

Emollient E·mol"lient noun (Medicine) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.

Emollition Em`ol·li"tion noun The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.

Emolument E·mol"u·ment noun [ Latin emolumentum , lit., a working out, from emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, from moles a huge, heavy mass: confer French 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.

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