empile, n.f., (pisc.) gut-line.
empilement, n.m., piling; stacking.
empiler, v.a., to pile up; to stack; to bin; to fasten (hook).
empileur, n.m., stacker.
empirance, n.f., damage (to goods in transit).
empire, n.m., empire, sovereignty; authority; reign; sway, dominion, command, ascendency; dominions. Bas-—; Lower Empire. L’humide —; (poet.) the sea. — d’Occident, d’Orient; the Western, the Eastern, Empire. Vous avez un — absolu sur moi; you have absolute command over me. Avoir de l’— sur quelqu’un; to sway any one. Traiter quelqu’un avec —; to treat one imperiously, with haughtiness. Avoir de l’— sur soi; to have control over one’s passions. Se disputer l’—; to contend for sovereignty.
empirée, n.m. V. empyrée.
empirement, n.m., aggravation.
empirer, v.a., to make worse.
empirer, v.n., to grow worse. Sa maladie empire chaque jour; his illness gets worse every day. La chose empira, matters grew worse.