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(; 215), a.[Compar.Emptier (); superl.Emptiest.] [AS. emtig, mtig, metig, fr. mta, metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.] 1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles. 2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." Milton. I shall find you empty of that fault. Shak. 3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." Shak. When ye go ye shall not go empty. Ex. iii. 21. 4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats. Words are but empty thanks. Cibber. 5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc. Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. Pope. 6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of Emp"ty (), n.; pl. Empties (). An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties." Emp"ty v. t.[imp. & p. p.Emptied (); p. pr. & vb. n.Emptying.] To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3. Emp"ty v. i. 1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean. 2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." B. Jonson. スポンサード リンク
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