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anted in emergent danger. Burke. Emergent year (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence. -- E*mer"gent*ly, adv. --…

ne 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.

on experience called themselves empirics. Krauth-Fleming. Swallow down opinions as silly people do empirics' pills. Locke.

tic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.

centive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people. To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. Byron.

the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10. How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people Esther viii. 6.

To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.

A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland. A general massacre of the Englishry. Macaulay.

To encourage. [Obs.] "To enhort the people." Chaucer.

cey. A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people. Hawthorne.

Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.] If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.

Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.

A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.

Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like. What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions Grote.

A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.

s, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain. By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates. Shak. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. Dan. vi. 8.

the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever . . . concerneth manifestly any great portion of people. Bacon.

The governor of a province or people. Lew Wallace.