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单词 empest
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Definition of empest in English:

empest

(also impest)
verb ɛmˈpɛstɪmˈpɛst
rare
  • with object To infect with plague, pestilence, etc.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in William Fowler (d. 1612), writer and courtier. From French empester to corrupt (a person) morally, to infect (a person) with a contagious disease, e.g. plague or pestilence from em- + peste.

 
 

Definition of empest in US English:

empest

(also impest)
verb
rare
  • with object To infect with plague, pestilence, etc.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in William Fowler (d. 1612), writer and courtier. From French empester to corrupt (a person) morally, to infect (a person) with a contagious disease, e.g. plague or pestilence from em- + peste.

 
 
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