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 *fication of an act; a significant force in either.

Emphastique: com. Emphasticall; spoken, or done with an Emphasis; (hence) also, vigorous, forcible, earnest, expresse.

Emphatiquement. Emphatically, effectually.

Emphyteose: f. The making of a thing better then it was when it was receiued; land improued in goodnes, or, an estate vpon condition to improue it; an improuement.

Emphyteosien. A Farmer, or one that taketh land, or other commodities, on condition, to better, and improue them.

Emphyteote. as Emphyteosien. Emphyteuse. as Emphyteose. Emphyteutique. Whence;  Seigneur emphyteutique. That raises, or improues, his rents.

Empiece. Not of a great while.

Empiegé: m. ée: f. Ensnared; taken, or intangled in a snare.

Empieme. as Empyeme. Empienne de soulier. Th' vpper leather of a shooe.

Empierré: m. ée: f. Turned into stone.  Coeur empierré. An obdurate, hard, stonie, or flintie heart.

Empierrement: m. A turning into stone.

Empierrer. To turne, or transforme, into stone.

Empieté. Pawed, pounced, clawed, talented; that hath pounces, &c; also, seised, held, griped in clawes, or clouches; also, vsurped; also, intangled, or fettered by the feet.

Empietement. A seising, griping, holding, as in clawes, clouches; &c; an vsurpation of another mans right; Looke Empiettement. Empietement d'vne montaigne. The foot, or bottome of a hill.

Empieter. To seise, gripe, hold within the pawes, clawes, pounces, talents, clouches; to set forward the foot therby to catch at a thing; also, to vsurpe another mans right.  s'Empieter. To fetter, ensnare, intangle himselfe by the feet.

Empietté. as Empieté. Empiettement. as Empietement; Also, the foot, or bottome of; and hence;  Empiettement de colomne. The Basis, or foot of a pillar.

Empieture: f. The footing, or bottome of a thing; the part whereby it stands on, or is setled into, another thing.

Empillé: m. ée: f. Piled, heaped on.

Empillier: m. ere: f. Bepillered; set on pillers; made with pillers.

Empiné: m. ée: f. Turned into a Pine tree.

Empirance: f. An impairing, or impairement; the wast, losse, or decay of a thing by vse, or wearing; also, the proportion of allay, or imbasement, in coines of gold, or siluer; which is, in peeces of gold of 23 Carats finenesse, a foure and twentieth part of siluer, & copper, or of either; and in peeces of siluer of 11. d. finenesse, a twelft part of copper.

Empire: m. An Empire, or Emperie; also, empire; Imperiall dominion, Seignorie, Soueraigntie; preheminence; iurisdiction, rule, gouernment; the highest dignitie, the greatest sway, the most supreame power, most absolute authoritie.

Empire. à l'empire. Impairing, decaying, waxing worse and worse, mending as sowre Ale in the Summer; Look Monde. Empiré: m. ée: f. Impaired, wasted, decayed, growne worse for the wearing; imbased.

Empirement: m. as Empirance; Or, a growing worse and worse.

Empirer. To impaire, imbase, or make worse; also, to wast, weare, decay in goodnesse, grow worse and worse, or worse for the wearing.  Il ne l'empire en rien. He is euen as good as he.  Femme mauvaise qui n'empire, encore n'est elle pas la pire: Prov. A bad woman that paires not is not the worst of women.

Empireume: m. A marke of fire, scorching, or burning; a remainder of warmth, or heat; a sparkle, or small fire.

Empirique: com. An Empiricke; a Physition which without regard either of the cause of a disease, or of the constitution of the patient, applies those medicines whereof he hath had experience in others, worke they how they will.

Empistolé. Armed with a Pistoll.

Empistoler. To arme, or furnish, with Pistolls.

Emplacé: m. ée: f. Placed, planted, seated, setled.

Emplacement d'vne ville. The seat of a towne.

Emplacer. To settle, seat, place, plant.

Emplage: m. A filling.  Au feur l'emplage. Looke Furemplage. Emplaidé: m. ée: f. Impleaded, sued.

Emplaider. To sue, to implead, to bring an action against.

Emplastration: f. A plaistering, or dawbing; a laying of plaister; also, an emplastration; a grafting by inoculation without a Scutcheon; and, in Physicke, th' applying of a salue, or plaister.

Emplastre: m. A plaister.

Emplastré: m. ée: f. Plaistered, beplaistered; couered with a plaister.

Emplastrer. To plaister, or beplaister; to couer with a plaister.

Emplastreure: f. A plaistering, or beplaistering; also, a plaister.

Emplastreux: m. euse: f. Full of plaisters; also, belonging to, or seruing for, a plaister.

Emplatement: m. A flatting; a laying flat vnto; a making broad, or flat; also, a flat, or broad, part of.

Emplette. as Emploicte. Empli: m. ie: f. Filled, replenished; complete; top-full, vp to the necke, mouth, or brinke.

Emplier. as Employer. Emplir. To fill, replenish; gorge; make, or stuffe vp to the top.  Emplir vne femelle. To serue, bag, make her great, fill her panniers, giue her her paiment, get her with yong.  Achever d'emplir. To performe, finish, fulfill, accomplish, make complete.

Emploi: m. Vse, or imployment of a thing; as Employ.

Emploicte: f. as Employ; Also, businesse, occupying, trafficke, trade, commerse; also, a bargaine made; purchase bought; or, a thing whereon money hath beene, or may be, well imployed; also, vtterance of commodities. Femme qui est encores de bonne emploicte. That is yet of a tollerable age, that hath yet some good stuffe in her; with whom, as yet, prettie sport might bee made. Marchandise d'emploicte. Ware that sells well, that vtters quickly, that goes away apace; marchandable ware.