em·pire Pronunciation
Key (mpr)
n.
n.
A political unit having an extensive territory or
comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme
authority.
The territory included in such a unit.
An extensive enterprise under a unified authority: a publishing empire.
Imperial or imperialistic sovereignty, domination, or control: “There is a growing sense that the course of empire is shifting toward the... Asians” (James Traub).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The territory included in such a unit.
An extensive enterprise under a unified authority: a publishing empire.
Imperial or imperialistic sovereignty, domination, or control: “There is a growing sense that the course of empire is shifting toward the... Asians” (James Traub).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
EMPIRE
\Em"pire\, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.] 1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. ``The empire of the sea.'' --Shak.
Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule. --Milton.
2. The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.
Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. --C. J. Smith.
3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. ``Under the empire of facts.'' --M. Arnold.
Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men. --A. W. Ward.
Celestial empire. See under Celestial.
Empire City, a common designation of the city of New York.
Empire State, a common designation of the State of New York.
Syn: Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty; government; kingdom; realm; state.
\Em"pire\, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.] 1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. ``The empire of the sea.'' --Shak.
Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule. --Milton.
2. The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.
Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. --C. J. Smith.
3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. ``Under the empire of facts.'' --M. Arnold.
Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men. --A. W. Ward.
Celestial empire. See under Celestial.
Empire City, a common designation of the city of New York.
Empire State, a common designation of the State of New York.
Syn: Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty; government; kingdom; realm; state.
| Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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From: "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 4:03 PM
Subject: RE: A question of when
EMPIRE
n 1: the domain ruled by an emperor or empress 2: a group of countries under a single authority: "the Roman empire" 3: a monarchy with an emperor as head of state 4: a group of companies run as a single organization [syn: conglomerate] 5: somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple [syn: Empire]
n 1: the domain ruled by an emperor or empress 2: a group of countries under a single authority: "the Roman empire" 3: a monarchy with an emperor as head of state 4: a group of companies run as a single organization [syn: conglomerate] 5: somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple [syn: Empire]
| Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University |
EMPIRE
n. Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written by Peter Langston many years ago. A number of multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented for both Unix and VMS; the latter is even available as MS-DOS freeware. All are notoriously addictive. Of various commercial derivatives the best known is probably "Empire Deluxe" on PCs and Amigas.
Modern empire is a real-time wargame played over the internet by up to 120 players. Typical games last from 24 hours (blitz) to a couple of months (long term). The amount of sleep you can get while playing is a function of the rate at which updates occur and the number of co-rulers of your country. Empire server software is available for unix-like machines, and clients for Unix and other platforms. A comprehensive history of the game is available at `http://empire.idlpaper.com/infopages/History.html'. The Empire resource site is at `http://empire.idlpaper.com/'.
n. Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written by Peter Langston many years ago. A number of multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented for both Unix and VMS; the latter is even available as MS-DOS freeware. All are notoriously addictive. Of various commercial derivatives the best known is probably "Empire Deluxe" on PCs and Amigas.
Modern empire is a real-time wargame played over the internet by up to 120 players. Typical games last from 24 hours (blitz) to a couple of months (long term). The amount of sleep you can get while playing is a function of the rate at which updates occur and the number of co-rulers of your country. Empire server software is available for unix-like machines, and clients for Unix and other platforms. A comprehensive history of the game is available at `http://empire.idlpaper.com/infopages/History.html'. The Empire resource site is at `http://empire.idlpaper.com/'.
| Source: Jargon File 4.2.0 |
Hi Karen,
I'm a wordsmith. Cherokees call such a loose
use of language "talking trash." They love to do
it of course and it is always about games and winning a joke over another
person. So if these yokels can get us to believe that we
are an Empire then we deserve to have the joke on us. Their
concept of Empire is as far from the real meaning as emperical which does spring
from the same roots but does not mean empire at all unless you are a
Creationist. Influence is not Empire unless you are the Free
Market and influence is one of the ways of selling people your idea so that the
stock prices will fluctuate.
An Empire needs a center. Washington is a
lousy center that changes every four years. New York could be
if you tied all of the businesses together in something more permanent than a
loose network or confederacy. I think Britain began to fail when
they believed the idea of an Equal Commonwealth instead of just burn and
pillage, although burn and pillage was not a very good long term
strategy. And it was certainly immoral for a Nation that
called itself Christian based upon the laws of Judiasm. In short
their religion ate their business soul and made them out to be the villians of
history and they couldn't deal with that.
The American Century? Which
century? The Century in which there were over 100 million
people butchered, the bomb was both developed and dropped, Japan and
Germany were developed not us serfs but as competitors by American
dollars. They have become gentlemanly about it
all. So today we are developing mean SOB competitors in the up
and coming Russia which scares me to death. The Muslems are
retrograde mediocrities still burying women because they act like
men. Today we give up our freedoms and rights at the drop of a
building and hand the mightiest military on the planet over to a
boob. Is the 21st going to be the American Century?
At what? Civilization is mechanical and economics doesn't give
a bean about the individual's competance. The Arts are at an
all time simple minded low and truth is either based upon a translation of an
old book everyone guesses about or it doesn't exist. I don't
see this as an Empire. An energy center, or maybe a node on
the world market or maybe even THE Node on the world market but none of that
means Empire unless you mean it in the sense that Captains of Industry are
Generals.
Much love,
REH
>
> I agree that the word empire doesn't fit from within the American psyche but
> too many people would say the shoe fits. As long as that large a
> discrepancy exists, you would think we would be more mindful of the
> consequences of some of our approaches in foreign policy; again, it isn't
> always what you say and do, but how you say it that conveys the message.
>
> What else shall we call the American century?
>
> Karen
>
> Cousin wrote:
> Again, do we want to be that kind of an empire?
>
> Hi Karen,
>
> For me I think the model of empire is a poor one for what we should be in
> the coming world.
>
> REH
>
>
