Em*burse" (?), v. t. [See Imburse.] To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.]

Em*bush" (?), v. t. [Cf. Ambush, Imbosk.] To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] Shelton.

Em*bush"ment (?), n. [OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. embûchement.] An ambush. [Obs.]

Em*bus"y (?), v. t. To employ. [Obs.] Skelton.

Eme (?), n. [See Eame.] An uncle. [Obs.] Spenser.

E*meer" (?), n. Same as Emir.

E*men"a*gogue (?), n. See Emmenagogue.

E*mend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.] To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.

Syn. -- To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.

E*mend"a*ble (?), a. [L. emendabilis. Cf. Amendable.] Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.

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