Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-pest
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To infect

Example Sentences

Etymology

From em- + pest.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

empests (present, singular) empesting (participle, present) empested (participle, past) empested (past)

Questions

What does empest mean?
To infect
Where does empest come from?
From em- + pest.

How to pronounce empest

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