em-, emp-, empt- (sump-, -sum-)
(Latin: a taking, to take, to take up, to buy, to select; to use, to spend, to consume)
exempt
Exempta juvat spiris e pluribus unus.
Better one thorn plucked than all remain.
exemption
impromptu
inconsumptible
Incapable of being consumed.
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni.
We enter the circle after dark and are consumed by fire.
A Latin palindrome that describes the movement of moths.
irredeemable
macroconsumer
Any large organism that ingests smaller organisms.
mali exempli
Of bad example; of bad precedent.
In the nature of a bad precedent or a bad example.
Non assumpsit.
He has not undertaken.
The legal term for a plea denying a promise or undertaking.
peremptorily
peremptory
preempt
preempted
preemption
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