empourpré, -e, adj., purple, purpled, empurpled.
empourprer, v.a., s’—, v.r., to purple.
empreindre, v.a., to imprint, to stamp; to mark; to impress; to tincture. S’—, to become tinged.
empreinte, n.f., mark, stamp, print, impression; (paint.) first coat. L’— d’un cachet; the stamp of a seal. Son ouvrage porte l’— de son esprit; his work bears the stamp of his mind. Marqué à l’— de; bearing the stamp of.
empressé, -e, adj., active; assiduous; officious; eager, earnest. Il paraît fort — auprès d’elle; he appears markedly attentive to her. Des soins empressés; assiduous attentions. Faire l’—; to put one’s self forward.
empressement (an-prèss-mān), n.m., eagerness, earnestness; assiduous attention; alacrity, promptness, haste, hurry. Avec —; eagerly, earnestly, cheerfully, industriously. Il a beaucoup d’— à vous servir; he is very anxious to serve you. Trop d’—; overforwardness.
s’empresser, v.r., to hasten, to be eager (to), to be earnest, forward, to be ardent, to flock, to crowd, to press forward. S’— de parler; to hasten to speak.
emprisonnement (-zo-n-mān), n.m., imprisonment, confinement, custody. — cellulaire; solitary confinement.
emprisonner, v.a., to imprison, to confine.