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Empty
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; - said of pleasure, the world, etc.
(2):
(v. i.) To become empty.
(3):
(superl.) 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.
(4):
(superl.) Free; clear; devoid; - often with of.
(5):
(superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
(6):
(superl.) Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; - said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
(7):
(v. t.) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
(8):
(superl.) Producing nothing; unfruitful; - said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
(9):
(superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
(10):
(superl.) Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
(11):
(v. i.) To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
(12):
(n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; - used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Empty'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/empty.html. 1828.
