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empested

empested is the simple past and past participle of empest.

Meaning of empest

Verb

empest (third-person singular simple present empests, present participle empesting, simple past and past participle empested)

  1. To infect
    • It is unfortunate that when two or three are gathered together in God's name... it is altogether deplorable that they should necessarily empest the air.1923, Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay

Questions about empested

What is empested the simple past and past participle of?
Empested is the simple past and past participle of empest.

Words near empested in the dictionary

  1. emperorships
  2. emperour
  3. emperours
  4. empery
  5. empest
  6. empested
  7. empests
  8. empetaled
  9. empetalled
  10. empetraceous
  11. Empey

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