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   Empty , a. [Compar. Emptier ; superl. Emptiest.] [AS. emtig, æmtig, æmetig, fr. æmta, æmetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.]
   Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, or a container, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
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   Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. “That fair female troop . . . empty of all good.”  
   Milton.
   
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   I shall find you empty of that fault.
   Shak.
   
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   Having nothing to carry; unburdened. “An empty messenger.”  
   Shak.
   
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   When ye go ye shall not go empty.
   Ex. iii. 21.
   
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   Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
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   Words are but empty thanks.
   Cibber.
   
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   Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
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   Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise.
   Pope.
   
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   Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
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   Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind.
   Gen. xli. 27.
   
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   Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
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   That in civility thou seem'st so empty.
   Shak.
   
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   Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
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   ☞ Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.
   Syn. -- See Vacant.
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   Empty , n.; pl. Empties . An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, “special rates for empties.”
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   Empty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.] To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
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   The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.
   Eccl. xi. 3.
   
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   Empty, v. i.
   To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
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   To become empty.  “The chapel empties.”  
   B. Jonson.
   
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