"empest" meaning in English

See empest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: empests [present, singular, third-person], empesting [participle, present], empested [participle, past], empested [past]
Etymology: From em- + pest. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|em|pest}} em- + pest Head templates: {{en-verb}} empest (third-person singular simple present empests, present participle empesting, simple past and past participle empested)
  1. To infect

Inflected forms

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