Em Definition

ĕm
noun
The letter m.
American Heritage
A unit of measure the width of a capital M in a type font.
Webster's New World
Such a measure for 12-point type; a pica.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Electromagnetic.
Webster's New World
Engineer of mines.
Webster's New World
Enlisted man (or men)
Webster's New World
pronoun
Them.
American Heritage
Them.
Webster's New World

A diminutive of the female given names Emily and Emma.

Wiktionary
affix

En-

Emboss, empower.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Em

Noun

Singular:
em
Plural:
Ems

Origin of Em

  • From Middle English hem, em from Old English him, heom dative and accusative pl. of hē he he1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Em Sentence Examples

  • The history of the university has been written by Lorenzo Isnardi, and continued by Em.

  • The arrangement has ys em.

  • One of the most striking characters common to the two highest groups of plants, the Pteridophytes and Phanerogams, is the Vascular possession of a double (hydrom-leptom) conducting .s system, such as we saw among the highest mosses, YS em.

  • The adoption of the Roman liturgical dress had, however, at most an indirect connexion with these claims. Charlemagne was active in prescribing the adoption of the Roman use; but this was only as part of his general policy in the organization of his em pire.

  • In the 18th century the abbe Banier, in his Mythologie et la fable pliquees par l'histoire, was frankly Euhemeristic; other leading Euhemerists were Clavier, Sainte-Croix, Raoul Rochette, Em.

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