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According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]

The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

Beaming forth; flashing. [R.] Which emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore.

A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.

The voiding of urine.

Diuretic.

Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.

To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home. Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay. They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman.

The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

Relating to emigration.

An advocate or promoter of emigration.

One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]

One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.

State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.

High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn

In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.

An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

The rank or office of an Emir.

An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter. Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears. Dryden.