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==='''em-'''===
==='''em-'''===


* ''put in or into, bring to the state of''
* ''put in or into, to affect, bring to the state of, distribute''
** assimilation from ''in-'' and ''into''
** assimilation from ''in-'' and ''into''
** PIE root '''''*em-''''' for "to take, distribute"


* examples
* examples
** empathy
** empathy
*** in the (same) state of pathos (emotions, feelings)
*** in the (same) state of pathos (emotions, feelings)
** embitter
** embitter (make bitter)
** embody
** embody (make into the body of; representation)
** emit
** emit (distribute
** emotion
** emotion