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empest

transitive verb
em·​pest | \ə̇m, em+\
-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of empest 

: to infect with or as if with a contagion sleeping in an empested atmosphere— Aldous Huxley

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First Known Use of empest

circa 1617, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for empest

en- entry 1 + pest (noun)

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