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<h1>Emotionalize</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mo"tion*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To give an emotional character to.</def>

<blockquote>Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about <b>emotionalized</b>, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emotive</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mo"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.</def> <i>H. Brooke</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>E*mo"tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Emotiveness</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mo"tive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Susceptibility to emotion.</def>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Emotivity</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E`mo*tiv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Emotiveness.</def>

<i>Hickok.</i>

<h1>Emove</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*move"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To move.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Empair</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*pair"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impair.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Empaistic</h1> <Xpage=485>

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

<h1>Empale</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*pale"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>pale</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>empalir</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make pale.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>No bloodless malady <b>empales</b> their face. <i>G. Fletcher.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Empale</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*pale"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Empaled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Empaling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>empaler</ets> to palisade, pierce, F. <ets>empaler</ets> to punish by empalement; pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + OF. & F. <ets>pal</ets> a pale, stake. See <er>Pale</er> a stake, and cf. <er>Impale</er>.]</ety> <def</def>><altsp>[Written also <asp>impale</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.</def>

<blockquote>All that dwell near enemies <b>empale</b> villages, to save themselves from surprise. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inclose; to surround. See <er>Impale</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.</def>

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