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[ emp-suhn ] / ˈɛmp sən /
nounWilliam, 1906–84, English critic and poet. Words nearby Empsonempowerment, empress, empressement, emprise, emprosthotonos, Empson, empt, emptor, empty, empty calorie, empty calories Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for EmpsonThings turn out be more ambiguous than they looked (which Empson would have appreciated). Why We Should Read "Israeli Army Fiction"|Raphael Magarik|June 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Part of this letter (5th sentence to 8th) is quoted by Empson, Edinb. Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823|David Ricardo And now I wake to find myself leagued with the Empson and Dudley of our latter-day law courts. Orley Farm|Anthony Trollope The exclusion of Empson and Dudley from the pardon was more popular than the pardon itself. Henry VIII.|A. F. Pollard
The hint was sufficient, and Empson took good care so to perform his air as to merit his high and deserved reputation. Peveril of the Peak|Sir Walter Scott With the exception of Empson and Dudley, Henry made little or no change in the council his father bequeathed him. Henry VIII.|A. F. Pollard
British Dictionary definitions for Empson
nounSir William. 1906–84, English poet and critic; author of Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |