empaumure, n.f., top-antlers; palm-piece of a glove.
empeau, n.m., (hort.) flute-grafting.
empêchable, adj., preventable.
empêché, -e, part., hindered, at a loss. Être — de sa personne; to be greatly embarrassed. Faire l’—; to affect to be busy.
empêchement (an-pêsh-mān), n.m., hindrance, obstacle, impediment, opposition, obstruction, difficulty; objection. Lever tous les —s; to remove all obstacles. Apporter de l’— à quelque chose; to throw impediments in the way of anything. Je n’y mets point d’—; I do not oppose it.
empêcher, v.a., to oppose, to prevent; to hinder, to obstruct, to impede, to put a stop to. — un mariage; to oppose a marriage. Cette muraille empêche la vue; this wall obstructs the view. Cela n’empêcha pas qu’il ne le fît; that did not prevent him from doing it (i.e., he did it all the same). Il m’empêche de travailler; he hinders me from working. L’un n’empêche pas l’autre; the one does not bar the other. Cela n’empêche pas que; and yet, for all that.
s’empêcher, v.r., to forbear, to refrain from, to keep from, to abstain. Il ne saurait s’— de médire; he cannot keep from slandering. Je ne saurais m’empêcher de le faire; I cannot help doing it.
*empeigne, n.f., upper leather; vamp.
empellement, n.m., sluice, dam.
empennelage, n.m., backing an anchor.