Part 3728

<h1>Emplumed</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plumed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Plumed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Emplunge</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*plunge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Implunge</er>.]</ety> <def>To plunge; to implunge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Empoison</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*poi"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>empoisonner</ets>; pref. <ets>em-</ets> + F. <ets>poison</ets>. See <er>Poison</er>, and cf. <er>Impoison</er>.]</ety> <def>To poison; to impoison.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Empoison</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*poi"son</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Poison.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Remedy of Love.</i>

<h1>Empoisoner</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*poi"son*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Poisoner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Empoisonment</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*poi"son*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>empoisonnement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of poisoning.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Emporetic, Emporetical</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw><hw>Em`po*ret"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Em`po*ret"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emporeticus</ets>, Gr. <?/. See <er>Emporium</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Emporium</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*po"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Emporiums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Emporia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ belonging to commerce, fr. <?/ traveler, trader; <?/ in + <?/ way through and over, path. See <er>In</er>, and <er>Empiric</er>, <er>Fare</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.</def>

<blockquote>That wonderful <b>emporium</b> [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill-built market town. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our <b>emporiums</b>, our theathers. <i>Knox.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The brain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Empoverish</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*pov"er*ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Impoverish</er>.</def>