v. Obs. Also impest. [ad. Fr. empester; cf. EN- and PEST.] trans. To infect with pestilence.
1654. H. L’Estrange, Chas. I. (1655), 7. London being then visited and empested with a fierce and furious contagion.
a. 1748. Chr. Pitt, Epistles, Imit. Spenser (1756), 23.
| Ne bitter Dole empest the fragrant Gale, | |
| O sweeter than the Lillies of the Dale. |
