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Definition: EMPHRACTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Emphractic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Emphractic \Em*phrac"tic\, adjective. [Greek expression obstructing, from to block up.]. (references)

Definition: EMPHRACTIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "EMPHRACTIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Emphractic \Em*phrac"tic\, adjective. [Greek expression obstructing, from to block up.]. (references)