"empt" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: empts [present, singular, third-person], empting [participle, present], empted [participle, past], empted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} empt (third-person singular simple present empts, present participle empting, simple past and past participle empted)
  1. (obsolete) To empty. Tags: obsolete Related terms: pre-empt
    Sense id: en-empt-en-verb-iwX8XiPL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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