Ether – Evirate

Ether

E'THER, noun [Latin oether; Gr. to burn, to shine; Eng. weather.]

1. A thin, subtil matter, much finer and rarer than air, which, some philosophers suppose, begins from the limits of the atmosphere and occupies the heavenly space.

There fields of light and liquid ether flow.

2. In chimistry, a very light, volatile and inflammable fluid, produced by the distillation of alcohol or rectified spirit of wine, with an acid. It is lighter than alcohol, of a strong sweet smell, susceptible of great expansion, and of a pungent taste. It is so volatile, that when shaken it is dissipated in an instant.

Ethereal

ETHE'REAL, adjective Formed of ether; containing or filled with ether; as ethereal space; ethereal regions.

1. Heavenly; celestial; as ethereal messenger.

2. Consisting of ether or spirit.

Vast chain of being, which from God began,

Natures ethereal human, angel, man.

Ethereous

ETHE'REOUS, adjective Formed of ether; heavenly.

Etherialize

ETHERIALIZE, verb transitive To convert into ether, or into a very subtil fluid.

Etherialized

ETHERIALIZED, participle passive Converted into ether or a very subtil fluid; as an etherialized and incorporeal substrate.

Etherize

E'THERIZE, verb transitive To convert into ether.

Etherized

E'THERIZED, participle passive Converted into ether.

Etherizing

E'THERIZING, participle present tense Converting into ether.

Ethic

ETH'IC

ETH'ICAL, adjective [Latin ethicus; Gr. manners.]

Relating to manners or morals; treating of morality; delivering precepts of morality; as ethic discourses or epistles.

Ethically

ETH'ICALLY, adverb According to the doctrines of morality.

Ethics

ETH'ICS, noun The doctrines of morality or social manners; the science of moral philosophy, which teaches men their duty and the reasons of it.

1. A system of moral principles; a system of rules for regulating the actions and manners of men in society.

Ethiops martial, black oxyd of iron; iron in the form of a very fine powder, and in the first state of calcination.

Ethiops mineral, a combination of mercury and sulphur, of a black color; black sulphuret of mercury.

Ethmoid

ETH'MOID

ETHMOID'AL, adjective Gr. a sieve, and form.] Resembling a sieve.

ETH'MOID, noun A bone at the top of the root of the nose.

Ethmoidal

ETHMOID'AL, adjective Gr. a sieve, and form.] Resembling a sieve.

Ethnic

ETH'NIC

ETH'NICAL, adjective [Latin ethnicus; Gr. from nation from the root of G. heide, heath, woods, whence heathen. See Heathen.]

Heathen; pagan; pertaining to the gentiles or nations not converted to christianity; opposed to Jewish and Christian.

ETH'NIC, noun A heathen; a pagan.

Ethnicism

ETH'NICISM, noun Heathenism; paganism; idolatry.

Ethnology

ETHNOL'OGY, noun [Gr. nation, and discourse.] A treatise on nations.

Ethological

ETHOLOG'ICAL, adjective [See Ethology.] Treating of ethics or morality.

Ethologist

ETHOL'OGIST, noun One who writes on the subject of manners and morality.

Ethology

ETHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. manners, morals, and discourse.]

A treatise on morality or the science of ethics.

Etiolate

E'TIOLATE, verb intransitive [Gr. to shine.] To become white or whiter; to be whitened by excluding the light of the sun, as plants.

E'TIOLATE, verb transitive To blanch; to whiten by excluding the sun's rays.

Etiolated

E'TIOLATED, participle passive Blanched; whitened by excluding the sun's rays.

Etiolating

E'TIOLATING, participle present tense Blanching; whitening by excluding the sun's rays.

Etiolation

ETIOLA'TION, noun The operation of being whitened or of becoming white by excluding the light of the sun.

In gardening, the rendering plants white, crisp and tender, by excluding the action of light from them.

Etiological

ETIOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to etiology.

Etiology

ETIOL'OGY, noun [Gr. cause, and discourse.]

An account of the causes of any thing, particularly of diseases.

Etiquet

ETIQUET', noun etiket'. [Eng. to dock. Originally, a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents.]

Primarily, an account of ceremonies. Hence in present usage, forms of ceremony or decorum; the forms which are observed towards particular persons, or in particular places, especially in courts, levees, and on public occasions. From the original sense of the word, it may be inferred that it was formerly the custom to deliver cards containing orders for regulating ceremonies on public occasions.

Etite

E'TITE, noun [Gr. an eagle.] Eagle-stone, a variety of bog iron. [See Eaglestone.]

Etnean

ETNE'AN, adjective [from Aetna.] Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily.

Ettin

ET'TIN, noun A giant.

Ettle

ET'TLE, verb transitive To earn. [Not in use.]

Etui

ETUI

ETWEE'

ETWEE'-CASE, noun A case for pocket instruments.

Etwee

ETWEE'

Etymologer

ETYMOL'OGER, noun An etymologist. [Not in use.]

Etymological

ETYMOLOG'ICAL, adjective [See Etymology.] Pertaining to etymology or the derivation of words; according to or by means of etymology.

Etymologically

ETYMOLOG'ICALLY, adverb According to etymology.

Etymologist

ETYMOL'OGIST, noun One versed in etymology or the deduction of words from their originals; one who searches into the original of words.

Etymologize

ETYMOL'OGIZE, verb intransitive To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.

Etymology

ETYMOL'OGY, noun [Gr. true, and discourse.]

1. That part of philology which explains the origin and derivation of words, with a view to ascertain their radical or primary signification.

In grammar, etymology comprehends the various inflections and modifications of words, and shows how they are formed from their simple roots.

2. The deduction of words from their originals; the analysis of compound words into their primitives.

Etymon

ET'YMON, noun [Gr. from true.] An original root, or primitive word.

Eucharist

EU'CHARIST, noun [Gr. a giving of thanks; well, favor.]

1. The sacrament of the Lord's supper; the solemn act or ceremony of commemorating the death of our Redeemer, in the use of bread and wine, as emblems of his flesh and blood, accompanied with approprite prayers and hymns.

2. The act of giving thanks.

Eucharistic

EUCHARIS'TIC

EUCHARIS'TICAL, adjective Containing expressions of thanks.

1. Pertaining to the Lord's supper.

Euchloric gas, the same as euchlorine.

Eucharistical

EUCHARIS'TICAL, a. Containing expressions of thanks. 1. Pertaining to the Lord's supper. Euchloric gas, the same as euchlorine.

Euchlorine

EUCHLO'RINE, noun [See Chlorine.] In chimistry, protoxyd of chlorine.

Euchology

EUCHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. prayer or vow, and discourse.]

A formulary of prayers; the Greek ritual, in which are prescribed the order of ceremonies, sacraments and ordinances.

Euchymy

EU'CHYMY, noun [Gr.] A good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.

Euchysiderite

EUCHYSID'ERITE, noun A mineral, considered as a variety of augite.

Euclase

EU'CLASE, noun [Gr. to break; easily broken.]

A mineral, a species of emerald, prismatic emerald, of a greenish white, apple or mountain green, bluish green, or dark sky blue color. It is a rare mineral, and remarkably brittle, whence its name.

Eucrasy

EU'CRASY, noun [Gr. well, and temperament.]

In medicine, such a due or well proportioned mixture of qualities in bodies, as top constitute health or soundness.

Eudialyte

EU'DIALYTE, noun A mineral of a brownish red color.

Eudiometer

EUDIOM'ETER, noun [Gr. serene, and Jove, air, and measure.]

An instrument for ascertaining the purity of the air, or the quantity of oxygen it contains.

Eudiometric

EUDIOMET'RIC

EUDIOMET'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to an eudiometer; performed or ascertained by an eudiometer; as eudiometrical experiments or results.

Eudiometrical

EUDIOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to an eudiometer; performed or ascertained by an eudiometer; as eudiometrical experiments or results.

Eudiometry

EUDIOM'ETRY, noun The art or practice of ascertaining the purity of the air by the eudiometer.

Euge

EU'GE, noun Applause. [Not used.]

Eugh

EUGH, a tree. [See Yew.]

Euharmonic

EUHARMON'IC, adjective [Gr. well, and harmonic.]

Producing harmony or concordant sounds; as the euharmonic organ.

Eukairite

EUK'AIRITE, noun [Gr. opportune.] Cupreous seleniuret of silver, a mineral of a shining lead gray color and granular structure.

Eulogic

EULOG'IC

EULOG'ICAL, adjective [See Eulogy.] Containing praise; commendatory.

Eulogist

EU'LOGIST, noun [See Eulogy.] One who praises and commends another; one who writes or speaks in commendation of another, on account of his excellent qualities, exploits or performances.

Eulogium

EULO'GIUM, noun An eulogy.

Eulogize

EU'LOGIZE, verb transitive [See Eulogy.] To praise; to speak or write in commendation of another; to extol in speech or writing.

Eulogized

EU'LOGIZED, participle passive Praised; commended.

Eulogizing

EU'LOGIZING, participle present tense Commending; writing or speaking in praise of.

Eulogy

EU'LOGY, noun [Gr.] Praise; encomium; panegyric; a speech or writing in commendation of a person, on account of his valuable qualities, or services.

Eunomy

EU'NOMY, noun [Gr. law.] Equal law, or a well adjusted constitution of government.

Eunuch

EU'NUCH, noun [Gr. a bed, and to keep.] A male of the human species castrated.

Eunuchate

EU'NUCHATE, verb transitive To make a eunuch; to castrate.

Eunuchism

EU'NUCHISM, noun The state of being an eunuch.

Eupahty

EU'PAHTY, noun [Gr.] Right feeling.

Eupatory

EU'PATORY, noun [Latin eupatorium.] The plant hemp agrimony.

Eupepsy

EUPEP'SY, noun [Gr. concoction.] Good concoction in the stomach; good digestion.

Eupeptic

EUPEP'TIC, adjective Having good digestion.

Euphemism

EU'PHEMISM, noun [Gr. well, and to speak.] A representation of good qualities; particularly in rhetoric, a figure in which a harsh or indelicate word or expression is softened, or rather by which a delicate word or expression is substituted for one which is offensive to good manners or to delicate ears.

Euphonic

EUPHON'IC

EUPHON'ICAL, adjective [See Euphony.] Agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; as euphonical orthography.

The Greeks adopted many changes in the combination of syllables to render their language euphonic by avoiding such collisions.

Euphony

EU'PHONY, noun [Gr. voice.] An agreeable sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.

Euphorbia

EUPHOR'BIA, noun [Gr. with a different signification.]

In botany, spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby herbaceous succulents, some of them armed with thorns.

Euphorbium

EUPHOR'BIUM, noun [Latin from Gr.]

In the materia medica, a gummi-resinous substance, exuding from an oriental tree. It has a sharp biting taste, and is vehemently acrimonious, inflaming and ulcerating the fauces.

Euphotide

EU'PHOTIDE, noun A name given by the French to the aggregate of diallage and saussurite.

Euphrasy

EU'PHRASY, noun [According to DeTheis, this word is contracted from euphrosyne, joy, pleasure; a name given to the plant on account of its wonderful effects in curing disorders of the eyes.]

Eyebright, a genus of plants, Euphrasia, called in French casse-lunette.

Euripus

EU'RIPUS, noun [Gr. Latin euripus ] A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows, as that in Greece, between Euboea and Attica, or Euboea and Boeotia. It is sometimes used for a strait or frith much agitated.

Eurite

EU'RITE, noun The white stone [weiss stein] of Werner; a very small-grained granite, with the parts intimately blended, and hence often apparently compact. It is gray, red, etc., according to the color of the felspar, of which it is principally composed.

Whitestone is a finely granular felspar, containing grains of quartz and scales of mica.

Euroclydon

EUROC'LYDON, noun [Gr. wind, and a wave.] A tempestuous wind, which drove ashore, on Malta, the ship in which Paul was sailing to Italy. It is supposed to have blown from an easterly point. Acts 27:14.

Europe

EU'ROPE, noun [Bochart supposes this word to be composed of white face, the land of white people, as distinguished from the Ethiopians, black-faced people, or tawny inhabitants of Asia and Africa.]

The great quarter of the earth that lies between the Atlantic ocean and Asia, and between the Mediterranean sea and the North sea.

European

EUROPE'AN, adjective Pertaining to Europe.

EUROPE'AN, noun A native of Europe.

Eurus

EU'RUS, noun [Latin] The east wind.

Eurythmy

EU'RYTHMY, noun [Gr. rythmus, number or proportion.]

In architecture, painting and sculpture, ease, majesty and elegance of the parts of a body, arising from just proportions in the composition.

Eusebian

EUSE'BIAN, noun An Arian, so called from one Eusebius.

Eustyle

EU'STYLE, noun [Gr. a column.] In architecture, a sort of building in which the columns are placed at the most convenient distances from each other, the intercolumniations being just two diameters and a quarter of the column, except those in the middle of the face, before and behind, which are three diameters distant.

Euthanasy

EU'THANASY, noun [Gr. death.] An easy death.

Eutychian

EUTYCH'IAN, noun A follower of Eutychius, who denied the two natures of Christ.

Eutychianism

EUTYCH'IANISM, noun The doctrines of Eutychius, who denies the two natures of Christ.

Evacate

EVA'CATE, verb transitive [Latin vaco.] To empty. [Not in use.]

Evacuant

EVAC'UANT, adjective [Latin evacuans.] Emptying; freeing from.

EVAC'UANT, noun A medicine which procures evacuations, or promotes the natural secretions and excretions.

Evacuate

EVAC'UATE, verb transitive [Latin evacuo; e and vacuus, from vaco, to empty. See Vacant.]

1. To make empty; to free from any thing contained; as, to evacuate the church.

2. To throw out; to eject; to void; to discharge; as, to evacuate dark-colored matter from the bowels. Hence,

3. To empty; to free from contents, or to diminish the quantity contained; as, to evacuate the bowels; to evacuate the vessels by bleeding.

4. To quit; to withdraw from a place. The British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.

5. To make void; to nullify; as, to evacuate a marriage or any contract. [In this sense, vacate is now generally used.]

Evacuated

EVAC'UATED, participle passive Emptied; cleared; freed from the contents; quitted, as by an army or garrison; ejected; discharged; vacated.

Evacuating

EVAC'UATING, participle present tense Emptying; making void or vacant; withdrawing from.

Evacuation

EVACUA'TION, noun The act of emptying or clearing of the contents; the act of withdrawing from, as an army or garrison.

1. Discharges by stool or other natural means; a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.

2. Abolition; nullification.

Evacuative

EVAC'UATIVE, adjective That evacuates.

Evacuator

EVAC'UATOR, noun One that makes void.

Evade

EVA'DE, verb transitive [Latin evado; e and vado, to go.]

1. To avoid by dexterity. The man evaded the blow aimed at his head.

2. To avoid or escape by artifice or stratagem; to slip away; to elude. The thief evaded his pursuers.

3. To elude by subterfuge, sophistry, address or ingenuity. The advocate evades an argument or the force of an argument.

4. To escape as imperceptible or not to be reached or seized.

EVA'DE, verb intransitive To escape; to slip away; formerly and properly with from; as, to evade from perils. But from is now seldom used.

1. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry for the purpose of eluding.

The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge in any such ways.

Evaded

EVA'DED, participle passive Avoided; eluded.

Evading

EVA'DING, participle present tense Escaping; avoiding; eluding; slipping away from danger, pursuit or attack.

Evagation

EVAGA'TION, noun [Latin evagatio, evagor; e and vagor, to wander.]

The act of wandering; excursion; a roving or rambling.

Eval

E'VAL, adjective [Latin oevum.] Relating to time or duration. [Not in use.]

Evanescence

EVANES'CENCE, noun [Latin evanescens, from evanesco; e and vanesco, to vanish, from vanus, vain, empty. See Vain.]

1. A vanishing; a gradual departure from sight or possession, either by removal to a distance, or by dissipation, as vapor.

2. The state of being liable to vanish and escape possession.

Evanescent

EVANES'CENT, adjective Vanishing; subject to vanishing; fleeting; passing away; liable to dissipation, like vapor, or to become imperceptible. The pleasures and joys of life are evanescent

Evangel

EVAN'GEL, noun [Latin evangelium.] The gospel. [Not in use.]

Evangelian

EVANGE'LIAN, adjective Rendering thanks for favors.

Evangelic

EVANGEL'IC

EVANGEL'ICAL, adjective [Low Latin evangelicus, from evangelium, the gospel; Gr. well, good, to announce.]

1. According to the gospel; consonant to the doctrines and precepts of the gospel, published by Christ and his apostles; as evangelical righteousness, obedience or piety.

2. Contained in the gospel; as an evangelical doctrine.

3. Sound in the doctrines of the gospel; orthodox; as an evangelical preacher.

Evangelical

EVANGEL'ICAL, a. [Low L. evangelicus, from evangelium, the gospel; Gr. well, good, to announce.] 1. According to the gospel; consonant to the doctrines and precepts of the gospel, published by Christ and his apostles; as evangelical righteousness, obedience or piety.2. Contained in the gospel; as an evangelical doctrine.3. Sound in the doctrines of the gospel; orthodox; as an evangelical preacher.

Evangelically

EVANGEL'ICALLY, adverb In a manner according to the gospel.

Evangelism

EVAN'GELISM, noun The promulgation of the gospel.

Evangelist

EVAN'GELIST, noun A writer of the history, or doctrines, precepts, actions, life and death of our blessed Savior, Jesus Christ; as the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

1. A preacher or publisher of the gospel of Jesus Christ, licensed to preach, but not having charge of a particular church.

Evangelistary

EVAN'GELISTARY, noun A selection of passages from the gospels, as a lesson in divine service.

Evangelization

EVANGELIZA'TION, noun The act of evnagelizing.

Evangelize

EVAN'GELIZE, verb transitive [Low Latin evangelizo.] To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to, and convert to a belief of the gospel; as, to evangelize heathen nations; to evangelize the world.

EVAN'GELIZE, verb intransitive To preach the gospel.

Evangelized

EVAN'GELIZED, participle passive Instructed in the gospel; converted to a belief of the gospel, or to christianity.

Evangelizing

EVAN'GELIZING, participle present tense Instructing in the doctrines and precepts of the gospel; converting to christianity.

Evangely

EVAN'GELY, noun Good tidings; the gospel. [Not in use.]

Evanid

EVAN'ID, adjective [Latin evanidus. See Vain.]

Faint; weak; evanescent; liable to vanish or disappear; as an evanid color or smell.

Evanish

EVAN'ISH, verb intransitive [Latin evanesco. See Vain.] To vanish; to disappear; to escape from sight or perception. [Vanish is more generally used.]

Evanishment

EVAN'ISHMENT, noun A vanishing; disappearance.

Evaporable

EVAP'ORABLE, adjective [See Evaporate.] That may be converted into vapor and pass off in fumes; that may be dissipated by evaporation.

Evaporate

EVAP'ORATE, verb intransitive [Latin evaporo; e and vaporo, from vapor, which see.]

1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in particles too minute to be visible. Fluids when heated often evaporate in visible steam; but water, on the surface of the earth, generally evaporates in an imperceptible manner.

2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted. Arguments evaporate in words. The spirit of a writer often evaporates in translating.

EVAP'ORATE, verb transitive To convert or resolve a fluid into vapor, which is specifically lighter than the air; to dissipate in fumes, steam, or minute particles. Heat evaporates water at every point of temperature, from 32 degrees to 212 degrees, the boiling point, of Fahrenheit. A north west wind, in New England, evaporates water and dries the earth more rapidly, than the heat alone of a summer's day.

1. To give vent to; to pour out in words or sound.

EVAP'ORATE, adjective Dispersed in vapors.

Evaporated

EVAP'ORATED, participle passive Converted into vapor or steam and dissipated; dissipated in insensible particles, as a fluid.

Evaporating

EVAP'ORATING, participle present tense Resolving into vapor; dissipating, as a fluid.

Evaporation

EVAPORA'TION, noun The conversion of a fluid into vapor specifically lighter than the atmospheric air. evaporation is increased by heat and is followed by cold. It is now generally considered as a solution in the atmosphere.

1. The act of flying off in fumes; vent; discharge.

2. In pharmacy, the operation of drawing off a portion of a fluid in steam, that the remainder may be of a greater consistence, or more concentrated.

Evaporometer

EVAPOROM'ETER, noun [Latin evaporo, and Gr. measure.]

An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer.

Evasion

EVA'SION, noun s as z. [Latin evasio, from evado, evasi. See Evade.]

The act of eluding or avoiding, or of escaping, particularly from the pressure of an argument, from an accusation or charge, from an interrogatory and the like; excuse; subterfuge; equivocation; artifice to elude; shift. evasion of a direct answer weakens the testimony of a witness.

Thou by evasions thy crime uncover'st more.

Evasive

EVA'SIVE, adjective Using evasion or artifice to avoid; elusive; shuffling; equivocating.

He--answered evasive of the sly request.

1. Containing evasion; artfully contrived to elude a question, charge or argument; as an evasive answer; an evasive argument or reasoning.

Evasively

EVA'SIVELY, adverb By evasion or subterfuge; elusively; in a manner to avoid a direct reply or a charge.

Evasiveness

EVA'SIVENESS, noun The quality or state of being evasive.

Eve

EVE, noun The consort of Adam, and mother of the human race; so called by Adam, because she was the mother of all living. In this case, the word would properly belong to the Hebrew. But the Hebrew name is havah or chavah, coinciding with the verb, to shew, to discover, and Parkhurst hence denominates eve the manifester. In the Septuagint, eve in Genesis 3:20, is rendered life; but in Genesis 4:1,

it is rendered Euan or Evan. The reason of this variation is not obvious, as the Hebrew is the same in both passages. In Russ. eve is Evva. In the Chickasaw language of America, a wife is called awah, says Adair.

Evection

EVEC'TION, noun [Latin eveho, to carry away.] A carrying out or away; also, a lifting or extolling; exaltation.

Even

E'VEN

EVE , noun e'vn.

1. The decline of the sun; the latter part or close of the day, and beginning of the night. Eve is used chiefly in poetry. In prose, we generally use evening.

Winter, oft at eve, resumes the breeze.

They, like so many Alexanders,

Have in these parts from morn till even fought.

2. Eve is used also for the fast or the evening before a holiday; as Christmas Eve.

E'VEN, adjective e'vn.

1. Level; smooth; of an equal surface; flat; not rough or waving; as an even tract of land; an even country; an even surface.

2. Uniform; equal; calm; not easily ruffled or disturbed, elevated or depressed; as an even temper.

3. Level with; parallel to.

And shall lay thee even with the ground. Luke 19:44.

4. Not leaning.

He could not carry his honors even.

5. Equally favorable; on a level in advantage; fair. He met the enemy on even ground. The advocates meet on even ground in argument.

6. Owing nothing on either side; having accounts balanced. We have settled accounts and now are even.

7. Settled; balanced; as, our accounts are even.

8. Equal; as even numbers.

9. Capable of being divided into equal parts, without a remainder; opposed to odd. 4.6.8.10. are even numbers.

Let him tell me whether the number of the stars is even or odd.

E'VEN, verb transitive e'vn. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.

This will even all inequalities.

This temple Xerxes evened with the soil.

1. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance accounts.

E'VEN, verb intransitive To be equal to. [Not used.]

E'VEN, adverb e'vn. Noting a level or equality, or emphatically, a like manner or degree. As it has been done to you, even so shall it be done to others. Thou art a soldier even to Cato's wishes, that is, your qualities, as a soldier, are equal to his wishes.

1. Noting equality or sameness of time; hence emphatically, the very time. I knew the facts, even when I wrote to you.

2. Noting, emphatically, identity of person.

And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters on the earth. Genesis 6:17.

3. Likewise; in like manner.

Here all their rage, and ev'n their murmurs cease.

4. So much as. We are not even sensible of the change.

5. Noting the application of something to that which is less probably included in the phrase; or bringing something within a description, which is unexpected. The common people are addicted to this vice, and even the great are not free from it. He made several discoveries which are new, even to the learned.

Here also we see the sense of equality, or bringing to a level. So in these phrases, I shall even let it pass, I shall even do more, we observe the sense of bringing the mind or will to a level with what is to be done.

Even-Song

E'VEN-SONG, noun A song for the evening; a form of worship for the evening.

1. The evening, or close of the day.

Even-Tide

E'VEN-TIDE, noun Literally, the time of evening; that is, evening.

Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the even-tide Genesis 24:63.

This word is nearly obsolete; tide being a useless addition to even.

Evene

EVE'NE, verb intransitive [Latin evenio.] To happen. [Not in use.]

Evened

E'VENED, participle passive Made even or level.

Evener

E'VENER, noun One that makes even.

Evenhand

E'VENHAND, noun Equality.

Evenhanded

E'VENHANDED, adjective Impartial; equitable; just.

Evening

E'VENING, noun [See Eve, Even.] The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly the decline or fall of the day, or of the sun.

The evening and the morning were the first day. Genesis 1:5.

The precise time when evening begins, or when it ends, is not ascertained by usage. The word often includes a part at least of the afternoon, and indeed the whole afternoon; as in the phrase, 'The morning and evening service of the sabbath.' In strictness, evening commences at the setting of the sun, and continues during twilight, and night commences with total darkness. But in customary language, the evening extends to bed-time, whatever that time may be. Hence we say, to spend an evening with a friend; an evening visit.

1. The decline or latter part of life. We say, the evening of life, or of one's days.

2. The decline of any thing; as the evening of glory.

E'VENING, adjective Being at the close of day; as the evening sacrifice.

E'VENING HYMN,

E'VENING SONG, noun A hymn or song to be sung at evening

Evening-Star

E'VENING-STAR, noun Hesperus or Vesper; Venus, when visible in the evening.

Evenly

E'VENLY, adverb e'vnly. With an even, level or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations and depressions; as things evenly spread.

1. Equally; uniformly; in an equipoise; as evenly balanced.

2. In a level position; horizontally.

The surface of the sea is evenly distant from the center of the earth.

3. Impartially; without bias from favor or enmity.

Evenness

E'VENNESS, noun The state of being even, level or smooth; equality of surface.

1. Uniformity; regularity; as evenness of motion.

2. Freedom from inclination to either side; equal distance from either extreme.

3. Horizontal position; levelness of surface; as the evenness of a fluid at rest.

4. Impartiality between parties; equal respect.

5. Calmness; equality of temper; freedom from perturbation; a state of mind not subject to elevation or depression; equanimity.

Event

EVENT', noun [Latin eventus, evenio; e and venio, to come.]

1. That which comes, arrives or happens; that which falls out; any incident good or bad.

There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked. Ecclesiastes 9:2.

2. The consequence of any thing; the issue; conclusion; end; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations terminates. The event of the campaign was to being about a negotiation for peace.

EVENT', verb intransitive To break forth. [Not used.]

Eventerate

EVENT'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin e and venter, the belly.]

To open the bowels; to rip open; to disembowel.

Eventerated

EVENT'ERATED, participle passive Having the bowels opened.

Eventerating

EVENT'ERATING, participle present tense Opening the bowels.

Eventful

EVENT'FUL, adjective [from event.] Full of events or incidents; producing numerous or great changes, either in public or private affairs; as an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

Eventilate

EVEN'TILATE, verb transitive To winnow; to fan; to discuss. [See Ventilate.]

Eventilation

EVENTILA'TION, noun A fanning; discussion.

Eventual

EVENT'UAL, adjective [from event.] Coming or happening as a consequence or result of any thing; consequential.

1. Final; terminating; ultimate.

Eventual provision for the payment of the public securities.

Eventually

EVENT'UALLY, adverb In the event; in the final result or issue.

Eventuate

EVENT'UATE, verb intransitive To issue; to come to an end; to close; to terminate.

Eventuating

EVENT'UATING, participle present tense Issuing; terminating.

Ever

EV'ER, adverb At any time; at any period or point of time, past or future. Have you ever seen the city of Paris, or shall you ever see it?

No man ever yet hated his own flesh. Ephesians 5:29.

1. At all times; always; continually.

He shall ever love, and always be

The subject of my scorn and cruelty.

He will ever by mindful of his covenant. Psalms 111:3.

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:7.

2. Forever, eternally; to perpetuity; during everlasting continuance.

This is my name forever. Exodus 3:15.

In a more lax sense, this word signifies continually, for an indefinite period.

His master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever. Exodus 21:6.

These words are sometimes repeated, for the sake of emphasis; forever and ever or forever and forever.

3. ever and anon, at one time and another; now and then.

4. In any degree. No man is ever the richer or happier for injustice.

Let no man fear that creature ever the less, because he sees the apostle safe from his poison.

In modern usage, this word is used for never, but very improperly.

And all the question, wrangle e'er so long,

Is only this, if God has placed him wrong.

This ought to be, ne'er so long, as the phrase is always used in the Anglo-Saxon, and in our version of the scriptures, that is, so long as never, so long as never before, to any length of time indefinitely. As me never so much dowry. Charmers, charming never so wisely. These are the genuine English phrases. Let them charm so wisely as never before.

5. A word of enforcement or emphasis; thus, as soon as ever he had done it; as like him as ever he can look.

They broke all their bones in pieces or ever they came to the bottom of the den. Daniel 6:6.

The latter phrase is however anomalous; or-ever being equivalent to before, and or may be a mistake for ere.

7. In poetry, and sometimes in prose, ever is contracted into e'er.

Ever in composition signifies always or continually, without intermission, or to eternity.

Everbubbling

EVERBUB'BLING, adjective [ever and bubbling.] Continually boiling or bubbling.

Everburning

EVERBURN'ING, adjective [ever and burning.] Burning continually or without intermission; never extinct; as an everburning lamp; everburning sulphur.

Everduring

EVERDU'RING, adjective [ever and during.] Enduring forever; continuing without end; as everduring glory.

Evergreen

EV'ERGREEN, adjective [ever and green.] Always green; verdant throughout the year.

The pine is an evergreen tree.

EV'ERGREEN, noun A plant that retains its verdure through all the seasons; as a garden furnished with evergreens.

Everhonored

EVERHON'ORED, adjective [ever and honored.] Always honored; ever held in esteem; as an everhonored name.

Everlasting

EVERL'ASTING, adjective [ever and lasting.] Lasting or enduring for ever; eternal; existing or continuing without end; immortal.

The everlasting God, or Jehovah. Genesis 21:33.

Everlasting fire; everlasting punishment. Matthew 18:25.

1. Perpetual; continuing indefinitely, or during the present state of things.

I will give thee, and thy seed after thee, the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Genesis 17:7.

The everlasting hills or mountains. Genesis. Habakkuk.

2. In popular usage, endless; continual; unintermitted; as, the family is disturbed with everlasting disputes.

EVERL'ASTING, noun Eternity; eternal duration, past and future.

From everlasting to everlasting thou art God. Psalms 90:2.

1. A plant, the Gnaphalium; also, the Xeranthenum.

Everlasting-Pea

EVERL'ASTING-PEA, noun A plant, the Lathyrus latifolia.

Everlastingly

EVERL'ASTINGLY, adverb Eternally; perpetually; continually.

Everlastingness

EVERL'ASTINGNESS, noun Eternity; endless duration; indefinite duration. [Little used.]

Everliving

EVERLIV'ING, adjective [ever and living.] Living without end; eternal; immortal; having eternal existence; as the everliving God.

1. Continual; incessant; unintermitted.

Evermore

EVERMO'RE, adverb [ever and more.] Always; eternally.

Religion prefers the pleasures which flow from the presence of God for evermore

1. Always; at all times; as evermore guided by truth.

Everopen

EVERO'PEN, adjective [ever and open.] Always open; never closed.

Everpleasing

EVERPLE'ASING, adjective [ever and pleasing.] Always pleasing; ever giving delight.

The everpleasing Pamela.

Everse

EVERSE, verb transitive evers'. [Latin eversus.] To overthrow or subvert. [Not used.]

Eversion

EVER'SION, noun [Latin eversio.] An overthrowing; destruction.

Eversion of the eye-lids, ectropium, a disease in which the eye-lids are turned outward, so as to expose the red internal tunic.

Evert

EVERT', verb transitive [Latin everto; e and verto, to turn.] To overturn; to overthrow; to destroy. [Little used.]

Everwaking

EVERWA'KING, adjective [ever and waking.] Always awake.

Everwatchful

EVERWATCH'FUL, adjective [ever and watchful.] Always watching or vigilant; as everwatchful eyes.

Every

EV'ERY, adjective [Old Eng. everich. It is formed from ever.] Each individual of a whole collection or aggregate number. The word includes the whole number, but each separately stated or considered.

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Psalms 39:5.

Everyday

EV'ERYDAY, adjective [every and day.] Used or being every day; common; usual; as everyday wit; an everyday suit of clothes.

Everyoung

EVERYOUNG, adjective [ever and young.] Always young or fresh; not subject to old age or decay; undecaying.

Joys everyoung unmixed with pain or fear.

Everywhere

EV'ERYWHERE, adverb [See Where, which signifies place.] In every place; in all places.

Eves-Drop

E'VES-DROP. [See Eaves-drop, the usual spelling.]

Eves-Dropper

E'VES-DROPPER, noun One who stands under the eaves or at a window or door, to listen privately to what is said in the house. [See Eaves-dropper.]

Evestigate

EVES'TIGATE, verb transitive [Not in use.] [See Investigate.]

Evibrate

EVI'BRATE, [Not in use.] [See Vibrate.]

Evict

EVICT', verb transitive [Latin evinco, evictum; e and vinco, to conquer.]

1. To dispossess by a judicial process, or course of legal proceedings; to recover lands or tenements by law.

If either party be evicted for defect of the other's title.

2. To take away by sentence by law.

3. To evince; to prove. [Not used.]

Evicted

EVICT'ED, participle passive Dispossessed by sentence of law; applied to persons. Recovered by legal process; applied to things.

Evicting

EVICT'ING, participle present tense Dispossessing by course of law.

Eviction

EVIC'TION, noun Dispossession by judicial sentence; the recovery of lands or tenements from another's possession, by due course of law.

1. Proof; conclusive evidence.

Evidence

EV'IDENCE, noun [Latin evidentia, from video, to see.]

1. That which elucidates and enables the mind to see truth; proof arising from our own perceptions by the senses, or from the testimony of others, or from inductions of reason. Our senses furnish evidence of the existence of matter, of solidity, of color, of heat and cold, of a difference in the qualities of bodies, of figure , etc. The declarations of a witness furnish evidence of facts to a court and jury; and reasoning, or the deductions of the mind from facts or arguments, furnish evidence of truth or falsehood.

2. Any instrument or writing which contains proof.

I delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch. Jeremiah 32:12.

I subscribed the evidence and sealed it. Jeremiah 32:10.

3. A witness; one who testifies to a fact. This sense is improper and inelegant, though common, and found even in Johnson's writings.

EV'IDENCE, verb transitive To elucidate; to prove; to make clear to the mind; to show in such a manner that the mind can apprehend the truth, or in a manner to convince it. The testimony of two witnesses is usually sufficient to evidence the guilt of an offender. The works of creation clearly evidence the existence of an infinite first cause.

Evidenced

EV'IDENCED, participle passive Made clear to the mind; proved.

Evidencing

EV'IDENCING, participle present tense Proving clearly; manifesting.

Evident

EV'IDENT, adjective Plain; open to be seen; clear to the mental eye; apparent; manifest. The figures and colors of bodies are evident to the senses; their qualities may be made evident The guilt of an offender cannot always be made evident

Evidential

EVIDEN'TIAL, adjective Affording evidence; clearly proving.

Evidently

EV'IDENTLY, adverb Clearly; obviously; plainly; in a manner to be seen and understood; in a manner to convince the mind; certainly; manifestly. The evil of sin may be evidently proved by its mischievous effect.

Evigilation

EVIGILA'TION, noun [Latin evigilatio.] A waking or watching. [Little used.]

Evil

E'VIL, adjective e'vl. [Heb. to be unjust or injurious, to defraud.]

1. Having bad qualities of a natural kind; mischievous; having qualities which tend to injury, or to produce mischief.

Some evil beast hath devoured him. Genesis 37:2.

2. Having bad qualities of a moral kind; wicked; corrupt; perverse; wrong; as evil thoughts; evil deeds; evil speaking; an evil generation.

3. Unfortunate; unhappy; producing sorrow, distress, injury or calamity; as evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.

E'VIL, noun evil is natural or moral. Natural evil is any thing which produces pain, distress, loss or calamity, or which in any way disturbs the peace, impairs the happiness, or destroys the perfection of natural beings.

Moral evil is any deviation of a moral agent from the rules of conduct prescribed to him by God, or by legitimate human authority; or it is any violation of the plain principles of justice and rectitude.

There are also evils called civil, which affect injuriously the peace or prosperity of a city or state; and political evils, which injure a nation, in its public capacity.

All wickedness, all crimes, all violations of law and right are moral evils. Diseases are natural evils, but they often proceed from moral evils.

2. Misfortune; mischief; injury.

There shall no evil befall thee. Psalms 91:10.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself. Proverbs 22:3.

3. Depravity; corruption of heart, or disposition to commit wickedness; malignity.

The heart of the sons of men is full of evil Ecclesiastes 9:3.

4. Malady; as the king's evil or scrophula.

E'VIL, adverb [generally contracted to ill.]

1. Not well; not with justice or propriety; unsuitable.

Evil it beseems thee.

2. Not virtuously; not innocently.

3. Not happily; unfortunately.

It went evil with his house.

4. Injuriously; not kindly.

The Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us.

In composition, evil denoting something bad or wrong, is often contracted to ill.

Evil-Affected

EVIL-AFFECT'ED, adjective Not well disposed; unkind; now ill-affected.

Evil-Favored

EVIL-FA'VORED, adjective [evil and favor.] Having a bad countenance or external appearance; ill-favored.

Evil-Favoredness

EVIL-FA'VOREDNESS, noun Deformity.

Evil-Minded

EVIL-MINDED, adjective [evil and mind.] Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. Slanderous reports are propagated by evil-minded persons. [This word is in common use.]

Evildoer

EVILDO'ER, noun [evil and doer, from do.] One who does evil; one who commits sin, crime, or any moral wrong.

They speak evil against you as evildoers. l Pet.2.

Evileyed

E'VILEYED, adjective [evil and eye.] Looking with an evil eye, or with envy, jealousy or bad design.

Evilly

E'VILLY, adverb Not well. [Little used.]

Evilness

E'VILNESS, noun Badness; viciousness; malignity; as evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

Evilspeaking

EVILSPE'AKING, noun [evil and speak.] Slander; defamation; calumny; censoriousness. 1 Peter 2:1.

Evilwishing

EVILWISH'ING, adjective [evil and wish.] Wishing harm to; as an evilwishing mind.

Evilworker

EVILWORK'ER, noun [evil and work.] One who does wickedness. Philippians 3:1.

Evince

EVINCE, verb transitive evins'. [Latin evinco, to vanquish, to prove or show; e and vinco, to conquer.]

1. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident. Nothing evinces the depravity of man more fully than his unwillingness to believe himself depraved.

2. To conquer. [Not in use.]

Evinced

EVIN'CED, participle passive Made evident; proved.

Evincible

EVIN'CIBLE, adjective Capable of proof; demonstrable.

Evincibly

EVIN'CIBLY, adverb In a manner to demonstrate, or force conviction.

Evincive

EVIN'CIVE, adjective Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate.

Evirate

E'VIRATE, verb transitive [Latin vir. eviratus.] To emasculate. [Not in use.]