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<h1>Empower</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*pow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Empowered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Empowering</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); <as>as, the Supreme Court is <ex>empowered</ex> to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is <ex>empowered</ex> to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.</def> "These eyes . . . <i>empowered</i> to gaze."

<i>Keble.</i>

<h1>Empress</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em"press</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>empress</ets>, <ets>emperice</ets>, OF. <ets>empereis</ets>, <ets>empereris</ets>, fr. L. <ets>imperatrix</ets>, fem. of <ets>imperator</ets>. See <er>Emperor</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The consort of an emperor.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A female sovereign.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sovereign mistress.</def> "<i>Empress</i> of my soul."

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Empress cloth</col>, <cd>a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.</cd></cs>

<h1>Emprint</h1> <Xpage=486>

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

<h1>Emprise</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*prise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>emprise</ets>, fr. <ets>emprendre</ets> to undertake; pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + F. <ets>prendre</ets> to take, L. <ets>prehendere</ets>, <ets>prendere</ets>; <ets>prae</ets> before + a verb akin to E. <ets>get</ets>. See <er>Get</er>, and cf. <er>Enterprise</er>, <er>Impresa</er>.]</ety> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An enterprise; endeavor; adventure.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>In brave pursuit of chivalrous <b>emprise</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The deeds of love and high <b>emprise</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits.</def>

<blockquote>I love thy courage yet and bolt <b>emprise</b>; But here thy sword can do thee little stead. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emprise</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*prise"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To undertake.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sackville.</i>

<h1>Emprising</h1> <Xpage=486>

<hw>Em*pris"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Emprise</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Full of daring; adventurous.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>