empt
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of empt
from Old English ǣmtian to be without duties; compare empty
Example Sentences
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Such income is ex empt from "normal" taxes, subject to surtaxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Day of Protest was the ANC’s first att empt to hold a political strike on a national scale and it was a moderate success.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Of this other wonder hee sayd, Dosmery poole amid the moores, On top stands of a hill, More then a mile about, no streames It empt, nor any fill.
From The Survey of Cornwall And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue by Richard Carew
And I’ll empt my pocket o’ this last too, if you don’t mind, Mrs. Dewy.”
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
I am ashamed to trouble you, sir, but if you'll take down the bags I'll empt 'em as careful as I can.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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