*empoigner, v.a., to grasp, to seize, to lay hold of; to take up, to take into custody. Cela est trop gros, on ne saurait l’—; that is too thick, it is impossible to grasp it. Je vous ferai —; I shall have you taken up.
*s’empoigner, v.r., to lay hold of each other. Ils se sont empoignés; they laid hold of each other, they had a set-to.
empointer, v.a., to stitch; to point (pins, needles).
empointeur, n.m., stitcher; pointer.
empois, n.m., starch.
empoisonné, -e, part., poisoned; poisonous.
empoisonnement (-poâ-zo-n-mān), n.m., poisoning.
empoisonner, v.a., to poison; to infect; to mar, to corrupt; to embitter, to envenom. Ces maximes sont capables d’— la jeunesse; these maxims are calculated to corrupt the young.
s’empoisonner, v.r., to poison one’s self.
empoisonneu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., poisoner, corrupter; wretched cook.