Thou dost emmarble the proud heart.
Spenser.
Em*men"a*gogue (?), n. [Gr. &?;, n. pl., menses (&?; in + &?; month) + &?; leading, fr. &?; to lead: cf. F. emménagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.
Em"met (m"mt), n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.] (Zoöl.) An ant.
Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck.
||Em`me*tro"pi*a (-m*tr"p*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`mmetros in measure, proportioned, suitable ('en in + me`tron measure) + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, eye.] (Med.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, and astigmatism.
Em`me*trop"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.
The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances.
J. Le Conte.
Em*met"ro*py (?), n. (Med.) Same as Emmetropia.
Em*mew" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mew. Cf. Immew.] To mew or coop up. [Obs.] Shak.
Em*move" (?), v. t. [For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion.] To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]
Em"o*din (?), n. (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).
Em`ol*les"cence (?), n. [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.
E*mol"li*ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emolliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] [See Emollient, a.] To soften; to render effeminate.
Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor.
Pinkerton.
E*mol"lient (?; 106), a. [L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See Mollify.] Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. "Emollient applications." Arbuthnot.
E*mol"lient (?; 105), n. (Med.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.
Em`ol*li"tion (?), n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.
E*mol"u*ment (?), n. [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. émolument. See Mole a mound.] The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office.
Bancroft.
E*mol`u*men"tal (?), a. Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn.
{ E*mong" (?), E*mongst" (?) }, prep. Among. [Obs.]
E*mo"tion (?), n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. émotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.] A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.
How different the emotions between departure and return!
W. Irving.
Some vague emotion of delight.
Tennyson.
Syn. -- Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. -- Emotion, Feeling, Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may be bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." Crabb.
E*mo"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
E*mo"tion*al*ism (?), n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.
E*mo"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. To give an emotional character to.
Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct.
Froude.
E*mo"tioned (?), a. Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.
E*mo"tive (?), a. Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. -- E*mo"tive*ly, adv.
E*mo"tive*ness, n. Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot.
E`mo*tiv"i*ty (?), n. Emotiveness. Hickok.
E*move" (?), v. t. To move. [Obs.] Thomson.
Em*pair" (?), v. t. To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.
Em*pais"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; (sc. &?;), fr. &?; to stamp in; &?; in + &?; to strike.] (Fine Arts) Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.
Em*pale" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.] To make pale. [Obs.]
No bloodless malady empales their face.
G. Fletcher.
Em*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.] 1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise.
Sir W. Raleigh.