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Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n.

mmetropia. The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte.

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.

Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.

The contents of the cranium; the brain.

The act of enforcing; compulsion. He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. Sir W. Raleigh. Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her. Shak.

To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict. A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy. Ludlow.

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare! Luke xv. 17.

A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar. Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of anot…

A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.

Contemporaneous. [Obs.] Boyle.

Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically:

ften evaporates in the process of translation. To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. Bacon.

To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.