EMPRISE, em-pr[=i]z', _n._ (_Spens._) an enterprise: a hazardous
undertaking. [O. Fr. _emprise_--L. _in_, in, _prehend[)e]re_, to take.]
EMPTION, emp'shun, _n._ act of buying, purchase.--_adj._ EMP'TIONAL. [L.
_em[)e]re_, to buy.]
EMPTY, emp'ti, _adj._ having nothing in it: unfurnished: without effect:
unsatisfactory: wanting substance: foolish.--_v.t._ to make empty: to
deprive of contents.--_v.i._ to become empty: to discharge its
contents:--_pa.p._ emp'tied.--_n._ an empty vessel, box, sack, &c.:--_pl._
EMP'TIES.--_ns._ EMP'TIER: EMP'TINESS, state of being empty: want of
substance: unsatisfactoriness: inanity.--_adj._ EMP'TY-HAND'ED, carrying
nothing, esp. of a gift.--_n._ EMP'TYING.--COME AWAY EMPTY, to come away
without having received anything. [A.S. _['æ]metig_--_['æ]metta_, leisure,
rest. The _p_ is excrescent.]
EMPTYSIS, emp'ti-sis, _n._ hemorrhage from the lungs.
EMPURPLE, em-pur'pl, _v.t._ to dye or tinge purple.
EMPUSA, em-p[=u]'za, _n._ a goblin or spectre sent by Hecate.--Also
EMPUSE'. [Gr. _empousa_.]
EMPYEMA, em-pi-[=e]'ma, _n._ a collection of pus in the pleura. [Gr.,--_em_
(=_en_), in, and _pyon_, pus.]