emphyteusis

[Gr.emphyteusis = a plant ing in; emphyteuō=to plant in. Eng . Law : A contract by which houses or lands 'are granted entirely or for a long term, on condition of their being improved and a small annual rent paid to the grantor. ěm-phyt-ri-a-treû-sis, 8. [Gr. emphytos=innate, and iatreusis treatment.] Med .: Treatment of disease by one unskilled as a physician. *ěm-phỹ phyteutic, a. [ Gr.emphyteuō to ingraft: em =in, and phyteuw =to graft, to plant.] Taken on hire; for which a rent has to be paid. -ary.] ěm-phy-teū-tic-a-ry, a . [Eng. emphyteutic; Law : One who holds lands by emphyteusis. ěm-pi-dæ, s . pl . [ Gr.empis =a mosquito, a gnat, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. idæ , from Gr. eidos = form.] Entom.: A family of Diptera with short antenne. They are not really akin to gnats, except that they fly in numbers over water in summer evenings. They are of small size, and live partly on other insects, and partly on the juice of flowers. IMG:content-0934.png:[blocks in formation] *em-pl-ěm, theem-pl 8. [EMPYEMA.] An imposthume in "The spawling empiem , ruthle as the rest, With foul impostumes fils his hollow chest." Sylvester: The Fuiries , 402. *em-pight (gh silent), v . t . & i. [Pref. em, and Eng pight (q.v.).] 1. Trans.: To fix, to set, to fasten. "Had three bodies in one waste empight." Spenser: F. Q., V. x. 8. 2. In trans.: To fasten, to become fixed. "But he was wary, and ere it empight In the meant mark, advanced his shield atween." Spenser: F. Q., III. iv. 46.