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
We want that monefull sounde, That pratling Progne makes On fieldes of Thracian ground, Or streames of Thracian lakes: To empt her brest of paine For Itys by her slaine.
From A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier by Herbert, Mary Sidney
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 Carew, Richard
You kneading-trough, prepare some dough; You cyathus, pour forth wine; Where is the cup? come hither, cup, And empt and wash yourself.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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