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<hw>Em"per*or*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The rank or office of an emperor.</def>

<h1>Empery</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em"per*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>imperium</ets>, influenced by OF. <ets>emperie</ets>, <ets>empire</ets>. See <er>Empire</er>.]</ety> <def>Empire; sovereignty; dominion.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Struggling for my woman's <b>empery</b>. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emphasis</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em"pha*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Emphases</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ significance, force of expression, fr. <?/ to show in, indicate; <?/ in + <?/ to show. See <er>In</er>, and <er>Phase</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.</def>

<blockquote>The province of <b>emphasis</b> is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of <b>emphasis</b> require it. <i>E. Porter.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; <as>as, to dwell on a subject with great <ex>emphasis</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and <b>emphasis</b> of extension, figure, and color. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emphasize</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em"pha*size</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emphasized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emphasizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; <as>as, to <ex>emphasize</ex> a word or a phrase</as>.</def>

<h1>Emphatic, Emphatical</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw><hw>Em*phat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Em*phat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>emphatique</ets>. See <er>Emphasis</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; <as>as, to remonstrate in am <ex>emphatic</ex> manner; an <ex>emphatic</ex> word; an <ex>emphatic</ex> tone; <ex>emphatic</ex> reasoning.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.</def> "<i>Emphatical</i> colors." <i>Boyle</i>. "<i>Emphatical</i> evils."

<i>Bp. Reynolds.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.</syn>

<h1>Emphatically</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*phat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; pre\'89minently.</def>

<blockquote>He was indeed <b>emphatically</b> a popular writer. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not really, but apparently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Emphaticalness</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*phat"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.</def>

<h1>Emphractic</h1> <Xpage=486>