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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.