EMBERINGS
Em"ber*ings, n. pl.
Defn: Ember days. [Obs.]
EMBERIZIDAE
Emberizidae n.
Defn: a natural subfamily including buntings and some New World
sparrows.
Syn. — subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae.
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EMBETTER
Em*bet"ter, v. t.
Defn: To make better. [Obs.]
EMBEZZLE
Em*bez"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Embezzling.] Etym: [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF.
besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.]
1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.] To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.
EMBEZZLEMENT
Em*bez"zle*ment, n.