† emungev.
Obsolete.
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transitive. To wipe out, cleanse; also figurative (as in Latin), to cheat.
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eˈmunging n.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
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1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 127 The emunging of the people of their mony.
1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 265 I did indeed spit it forth, and emunge my lips, as who should not?
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