I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise;
But here thy sword can do thee little stead.
Milton.
Em*prise", v. t. To undertake. [Obs.] Sackville.
Em*pris"ing (?), a. [From Emprise, v. t.] Full of daring; adventurous. [Archaic] T. Campbell.
Em*pris"on (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Imprison.
||Em`pros*thot"o*nos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; forward + &?; to draw.] (Med.) A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross.
Emp"te (?), v. t. To empty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Emp"ti*er (?; 215), n. One who, or that which, empties.
Emp"ti*er, compar. of Empty.
Emp"ti*ness, n. [From Empty.] 1. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.