Em*pugn" (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Impugn.
Em*pur"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling (?).] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.
Em*puse" (?), n. [LL. empusa, Gr. &?;.] A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Em*puz"zle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + puzzle.] To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
||Em`py*e"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, from &?; to suppurate; &?; in + &?; pus.] (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.
The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.
||Em`py*e"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; suppuration.] (Med.) An eruption of pustules.
Em*pyr"e*al (?), a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. &?;, &?;, in fire, fiery; &?; in + &?; fire. See In, and Fire.] Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.
Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere.
Pope.
Empyreal air, oxygen gas.
Em*pyr"e*al, n. Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.
Em`py*re"an (?; 277), n. [See Empyreal.] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.
The empyrean rung
With hallelujahs.
Milton.
Em`py*re"an, a. Empyreal. Akenside.
||Em`py*reu"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a live coal covered with ashes, fr. &?; to set on fire, fr. &?;: cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
{ Em`py*reu*mat"ic (?), Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.