Word: empest
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: em
pest
Definition: To infect
Morphemes:
Affix: em-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
Affix: pest
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A plague, pestilence, epidemic
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pestis
Language: la
Decoded: pestis
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a disease, plague