Empty

emp′ti, adj. having nothing in it: unfurnished: without effect: unsatisfactory: wanting substance: foolish.— v.t. to make empty: to deprive of contents.— v.i. to become empty: to discharge its contents:— pa.p. emp′tied. — n. an empty ve el, box, sack, .:— pl. Emp′ties .— ns. Emp′tier : Emp′tine , state of being empty: want of substance: unsatisfactorine : inanity.— adj. Emp′ty-hand′ed , carrying nothing, esp. of a gift.— n. Emp′tying .— Come away empty , to come away without having received anything. [A.S. ǽmetig — ǽmetta , leisure, rest. The p is excrescent.]