perempt
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Perempt
\Per*empt"\
, v. t. [L. peremptus, p. p. of perimere to take away entirely, to destroy; per (see
Per-
) + OL. emere to take. See
Redeem
.] (Law) To destroy; to defeat. [R.] --Ayliffe.
[1913 Webster]
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