Part 3726

<h1>Empiristic</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em`pi*ris"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to <i>nativistic</i>.</def>

<h1>Emplaster</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plas"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>emplastre</ets>, F. <ets>empl\'83tre</ets>, L. <ets>emplastrum</ets> a plaster or salve, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to plaster up, daub over; <?/ in + <?/ to form, mold, apply as a plaster.]</ety> <def>See <er>Plaster</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Emplaster</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plas"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>emplastrer</ets>, F. <ets>empl\'83trer</ets>. See <er>Emplaster</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Fair as ye his name <i>emplaster</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Emplastic</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>emplastique</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ clogging. See <er>Emplaster</er>.]</ety> <def>Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; <as>as, <ex>emplastic</ex> applications</as>.</def>

<h1>Emplastic</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plas"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A medicine causing constipation.</def>

<h1>Emplastration</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em`plas*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emplastratio</ets> a budding.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[See 1st <er>Emplaster</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The application of a plaster or salve.</def>

<h1>Emplead</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plead"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>plead</ets>: cf. F. <ets>emplaidier</ets>. Cf. <er>Implead</er>.]</ety> <def>To accuse; to indict. See <er>Implead</er>.</def>

<h1>Emplection</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Emplecton</er>.</def>

<h1>Emplecton</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plec"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. or L. <ets>emplecton</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ interwoven, fr. <?/ to plait or weave in; <?/ in + <?/ to twist, weave.]</ety> <def>A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Emplore</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Implore</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Employ</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*ploy"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Employed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Employing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>employer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>implicare</ets> to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; <ets>in + plicare</ets> to fold. See <er>Ply</er>, and cf. <er>Imply</er>, <er>Implicate</er>.]</ety>