empt
/ (ɛmpt, ɛmt) /
(tr) dialect to empty
Origin of empt
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How to use empt in a sentence
He'll be briefed on the risks of Iranian retaliation, and he will be offered a menu of options to pre-empt such retaliation.
As a growing number of affiliates threatened to pre-empt the show, Gaspin said he realized “that this was not going to go well.”
Neither party should engage in efforts or take actions that could unilaterally pre-empt, or appear to pre-empt, negotiations.
According to the vice president, we will strive to prevent threats but not pre-empt them.
So late as 1872 an Indian received special permission to pre-empt one hundred acres.
The aim should be to pre-empt the ground for cleanness and truth.
The Child in the Midst | Mary Schauffler LabareeThe favorite rumor was that the entire firm was a decoy to bewilder agents of foreign powers and pre-empt their espionage efforts.
In the Control Tower | Will MohlerIf fortunate to find such, they at once pre-empt the old lodge and make it their home and headquarters.
Canadian Wilds | Martin Hunter
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