emulge

See also: emulgé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin emulgeo, emulsum; e (“out”) + mulgeo (“to milk”); akin to English milk. See milk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmʌld͡ʒənt/

Verb

emulge (third-person singular simple present emulges, present participle emulging, simple past and past participle emulged)

1. (obsolete) To milk out; to drain.
   • 1701, Peter Paxton, An Essay concerning the Body of Man:

     the Water cannot so readily subside and fall downwards , it may be the more plentifully emulged into the Bowels, and so that way discharged, as I have sometimes experienced.

References

• “emulge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• legume

Latin

Verb

ēmulgē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēmulgeō

Spanish

Verb

emulge

1. inflection of emulger:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative