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em⋅ble⋅ments

[em-bluh-muhnts]
–plural noun Law.
the products or profits of land that has been sown or planted.

Origin:
1485–95; pl. of emblement < AF, MF emblaement, equiv. to emblae(r) (< ML imblādāre to sow with grain, equiv. to im- im- 1 + blād(um) grain (> F blé) < Gmc (cf. MD blaad, OE blǣd) + -āre inf. suffix) + -ment -ment
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em·ble·ments   (ěm'blə-mənts)   
pl.n.  The crops or products of the land legally belonging to a tenant.

[From Middle English emblaiment, from Old French emblaement, from emblaer, to sow with grain, from Medieval Latin imblādāre : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Medieval Latin blādum, blādium, grain (of Germanic origin; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots).]
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Main Entry: em·ble·ments
Pronunciation: 'em-bl&-m&ns
Function: noun plural
Etymology: Anglo-French, from Middle French emblaement act of sowing grain, from emblaer to sow with grain, from en-, causative prefix + Old French blet ble grain
: crops from annual cultivation legally belonging to the tenant
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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