empest
transitive verb
em·pest
\ə̇m, em+\
Definition of empest
-ed/-ing/-s
: to infect with or as if with a contagion sleeping in an empested atmosphere — Aldous Huxley
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Origin and Etymology of empest
1en- + pest (noun)
First Known Use: circa 1617
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