||É`mi`gré" (?), n. [F., emigrant.] One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.
Em"i*nence (?), n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.] 1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
Without either eminences or cavities.
Dryden.
The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence.
Burke.
2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton.
You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet
Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty.
Shak.
3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
Em"i*nen*cy (?), n.; pl. Eminences (&?;). State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.
Em"i*nent (?), a. [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. éminent. Cf. Menace.] 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn
2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.
Syn. -- Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished.
Em"i*nent*ly, adv. In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
{ E"mir (?), E*meer" (?) }, n. [Ar. emr, amr, commander: cf. F. émir. Cf. Admiral, Ameer.] An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.
{ E`mir*ship, E*meer"ship }, n. The rank or office of an Emir.
Em"is*sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Emissaries (#). [L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire. See Emit.] An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.
Buzzing emissaries fill the ears
Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Emissary, Spy. A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard.
Em"is*sa*ry, a. 1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.
2. (Anat.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
Em"is*sa*ry*ship`, n. The office of an emissary.
E*mis"sion (?), n. [L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit.] 1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.
2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.
Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.
Em`is*si"tious (?), a. [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.] Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.
E*mis"sive (?), a. Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.
Em`is*siv"i*ty (?), n. Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.
E*mis"so*ry (?), a. (Anat.) Same as Emissary, a., 2.
E*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.] [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.] 1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit
His fatal arrows.
Prior.
2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
No State shall . . . emit bills of credit.
Const. of the U. S.
E*mit"tent (?), a. [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.] Sending forth; emissive. Boyle.
Em*man"tle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler. Cf. Inmantle.] To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.
Em*man"u*el (?), n. See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23.