Some enterprising fellow had just pre-empted all of that portion of the valley west of Bear Creek, and received stock for pasturage on that pre-empted domain, at so much per head.
The hemispheres of his philanthropic brain seemed equally pre-empted by philosophy and bugs.
Nothing was too good for their guests, these or any others, and if the chickens meant for breakfast were pre-empted for this midnight meal, why there were plenty more in the hennery.
We have contemplated deferring the publication of this pamphlet until we could ascertain from the Secretary of the Interior the number of acres of unpre-empted land in each State, together with their location &c.
The number of birds that had pre-empted homesteads on the treeless wastes was indeed a gratifying surprise, and I went back to the mountains refreshed by the pleasant change my brief excursion upon the plains had afforded me.
The legitimate field of painting was not large enough for their teeming originality which pre-empted also the field of decorative design as well.
He was married in Prescott to a daughter of Joseph Mosier, and subsequently pre-empted a quarter section of land on Prescott prairie.
In 1849, after the government survey, he pre-empted sixty-one acres and laid out what he called the city of Prescott.
Mr. Soule came to Grant when there were but six families in the town, and pre-empted one hundred and fifty acres of land, where he made him a pleasant and attractive home.
GREEN, a farmer, pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres in 1854, a part of which is surveyed into town lots.
Hungerford, during these trials, pre-empted the land when it came in market.
He came to Prescott in 1846, and pre-empted a farm in Oak Grove, where he has since continuously resided.
Kidder pre-empted the mill power, transferring it to the Little Falls Company, consisting of Wm.
Bruce, who pre-empted farms on sections 18 and 19.
Here he pre-empted land, and assisted in laying out the village.
He pre-empted the southwest quarter of section 25.
During the same year Wilson and Norris Kinnie and David Klingensmith pre-empted farms in sections 18 and 19.
There is no room here for more than one mind, and I have pre-empted the whole section.
With presence of mind that was marvellous quite, The fair Mariana replied that he might; So in through the portal rode young Lochinvar, Pre-empted the claim, and cleaned out the bar.
It assumes offices which might have been allotted to some other agency, had not the family pre-empted them, profiting by its established authority and annexing them to its domain.
The Atlantic rivers of the coast pre-empted by the English were cut short by the Appalachian wall.
Every new flood tends to fit itself approximately into the old banks, seeks first these lines of least resistance, and only when it finds them blocked or pre-empted does it turn to more difficult paths.
The land-warrant with which you pre-empted your claim bore a certain designating number.
This contained thousand of acres of rich grass lands, and hundred of settlers had already pre-empted homes there.
I had come in April and pre-empted a claim at the top of what is known as Pigeon Hill.
Selling that, he came to Mankato in 1857 and pre-empted a tract of land near Minneopa Falls, now our State Park.
Remember, I leave you nothing except this poor cabin and its contents, and eighty acres of land which I pre-empted from the government.
Yes; I pre-empted it, and have a government title.
Sometimes, too, a lot of them pre-empted all the prettiest girls, and danced a special set with them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "empted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
