Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EM-PHY-TEU'TIC
EM-PHY-TEU'TIC, a. [Gr. εμ, εν, and φυτευσις, a planting, φυτευω, to plant.]
Taken on hire; that for which rent is to be paid; as, emphyteutic lands. Blackstone.
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