EUTYCHIAN, [=u]-tik'i-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to the doctrine of
_Eutyches_, a 5th-cent. archimandrite of Constantinople, who held that
after the incarnation of Christ all that was human in Him became merged in
the divine, and that Christ had but one nature.--_n._ a follower of
Eutyches.
EVACUATE, e-vak'[=u]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to throw out the contents of: to
discharge: to withdraw from.--_adj._ EVAC'UANT, purgative.--_n._
EVACU[=A]'TION, act of emptying out: a withdrawing from: that which is
discharged.--_adj._ EVAC'U[=A]TIVE.--_n._ EVAC'U[=A]TOR, one who evacuates:
(_law_) one who nullifies or makes void. [L. _e_, out, _vacu[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_, to empty--_vacuus_, empty.]
EVADE, e-v[=a]d', _v.t._ to escape or avoid artfully: to baffle. [L.
_evad[)e]re_--_e_, out, _vad[)e]re_, to go.]
EVAGATION, e-vag-[=a]'shun, _n._ wandering: a digression. [Fr.,--L.
_evag[=a]ri_--_e_, out, _vag[=a]ri_, to wander.]
EVAGINATE, [=e]-vaj'i-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to draw from a sheath.--_n._
EVAGIN[=A]'TION.
EVALUATE, e-val'[=u]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to determine the value of.--_n._
EVALU[=A]'TION.
EVANESCENT, ev-an-es'ent, _adj._ fleeting; imperceptible.--_v.i._
EVANESCE', to fade away.--_n._ EVANES'CENCE.--_adv._ EVANES'CENTLY. [L.
_evanescens_, _-entis_--_e_, _vanesc[)e]re_, to vanish--_vanus_, empty.]
EVANGEL, e-van'jel, _n._ (_poet._) good news, esp. the gospel: a salutary
principle, esp. relating to morals, politics, &c.--_adjs._ EVANGEL'IC, -AL,
of or pertaining to the gospel: relating to the four gospels: according to
the doctrine of the gospel: maintaining the truth taught in the gospel:
Protestant: applied to the school which insists especially on the total
depravity of unregenerate human nature, the justification of the sinner by
faith alone, the free offer of the gospel to all, and the plenary
inspiration and exclusive authority of the Bible.--_n._ EVANGEL'ICAL, one
who belongs to the evangelical school.--_adv._ EVANGEL'ICALLY.--_ns._
EVANGEL'ICALNESS; EVANGEL'ICISM, EVANGEL'ICALISM, evangelical principles;
EVANGELIS[=A]'TION, act of proclaiming the gospel.--_v.t._ EVAN'GEL[=I]SE,
to make known the good news: to make acquainted with the gospel.--_v.i._ to
preach the gospel from place to place.--_ns._ EVAN'GELISM; EVAN'GELIST, one
who evangelises: one of the four writers of the gospels: an assistant of
the apostles: one authorised to preach, but without a fixed charge;
EVANGELIS'TARY, a book containing passages from the gospels to be read at
divine service--also EVANGELIST[=A]'RION, EVAN'GELIARY.--_adj._
EVANGELIS'TIC, tending or intended to evangelise.--_n._ EVAN'GELY (_obs._),
the gospel. [L. _evangelicus_--Gr. _euangelikos_--_eu_, well, _angellein_,
to bring news.]
EVANISH, e-van'ish, _v.i._ to vanish: to die away.--_ns._ EVAN'ISHMENT,
EVANI'TION. [See EVANESCE.]
EVAPORATE, e-vap'or-[=a]t, _v.i._ to fly off in vapour: to pass into an
invisible state: to depart, vanish.--_v.t._ to convert into steam or
gas.--_adj._ EVAP'ORABLE, able to be evaporated or converted into
vapour.--_n._ EVAPOR[=A]'TION, act of evaporating or passing off in steam
or gas: the process by which a substance changes into the state of
vapour.--_adj._ EVAP'OR[=A]TIVE.--_ns._ EVAP'ORATOR; EVAPOROM'ETER. [L.
_e_, off, _vapor[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_vapor_, vapour.]
EVASION, e-v[=a]-'zhun, _n._ act of evading or eluding: an attempt to
escape the force of an argument or accusation: an excuse.--_adjs._
EV[=A]'SIBLE, capable of being evaded; EV[=A]'SIVE, that evades or seeks to
evade: not straightforward: shuffling.--_adv._ EV[=A]'SIVELY.--_n._
EV[=A]'SIVENESS.
EVE, [=e]v, EVEN, [=e]v'n, _n._ (_poet._) evening: the night before a day
of note: the time just preceding a great event. [A.S. _['æ]fen_; Dut.
_avond_; Ger. _abend_.]
EVECTION, e-vek'shun, _n._ (_astron._) a lunar inequality resulting from
the combined effect of the irregularity of the motion of the perigee, and
alternate increase and decrease of the eccentricity of the moon's orbit.
[L. _evection-em_--_e_, out, _veh[)e]re_, _vectum_, to carry.]
EVEN, [=e]v'n, _adj._ flat: level: uniform: (_Shak._) straightforward:
parallel: equal on both sides: not odd, able to be divided by 2 without a
remainder.--_v.t._ to make even or smooth: to put on an equality: (_Shak._)
to act up to.--_adv._ exactly so: indeed: so much as: still.--_n._
EV'EN-CHRIS'TIAN (_obs._), fellow-Christian.--_adj._ EV'EN-DOWN,
straight-down (of rain): downright, honest.--_adv._ thoroughly.--_adj._
EV'EN-HAND'ED, with an equal, fair, or impartial hand: just.--_adv._
EV'ENLY.--_adj._ EV'EN-MIND'ED, having an even or calm mind: equable.--_n._
EV'ENNESS.--BE EVEN WITH, to be revenged on: to be quits with. [A.S.
_efen_; Dut. _even_, Ger. _eben_.]
EVENING, [=e]v'ning, _n._ the close of the daytime: the decline or end of
life: an evening party or gathering.--_ns._ EV'ENFALL, early evening,
twilight; EVE'NING-DRESS, the dress worn by ladies and gentlemen at evening
parties; EVE'NING-PRIM'ROSE, a species of _Oenothera_, native of Virginia,
but now naturalised in many parts of Europe on river-banks, in thickets,
&c.--eaten after dinner it incites to wine-drinking; EVE'NING STAR, applied
to Venus, when seen in the west setting soon after the sun; EV'ENSONG,
evening prayer, the Anglican form appointed to be said or sung at evening:
the time proper for such; EV'ENTIDE, the time of evening, evening. [A.S.
_['æ]fnung_, from _['æ]fen_, even.]
EVENT, e-vent', _n._ that which happens: the result: any incident or
occurrence: an item in a programme or series of sports.--_adjs._ EVENT'FUL,
full of events: momentous; EVENT'[=U]AL, happening as a consequence:
final.--_n._ EVENT[=U]AL'ITY, a contingency: (_phren._) the propensity to
take notice of events, changes, or facts.--_adv._ EVENT'[=U]ALLY, finally:
at length. [L. _eventus_--_even[)i]re_--_e_, out, _ven[=i]re_, to come.]
EVENTRATION, e-ven-tr[=a]'shun, _n._ act of opening the belly; protrusion
of an organ from the abdomen.
EVER, ev'[.e]r, _adv._ always: eternally: at any time: at all times:
continually: in any degree.--_n._ EV'ERGLADE, a large shallow lake or
marsh: chiefly in _pl._ such a marsh in southern Florida, enclosing
thousands of islets covered with dense thickets.--_adj._ EV'ERGREEN, always
green.--_n._ a plant that remains green all the year.--_adv._ EVERMORE',
unceasingly: eternally.--EVER AND ANON, now and then.--EVERGLADE STATE,
Florida.--EVER SO, to any extent; FOR EVER, to all eternity; SELDOM OR
EVER, used for seldom if ever, or seldom or never. [A.S. _['æ]fre_, always;
der. uncertain; perh. cog. with Goth. _aiws_.]
EVERLASTING, ev-[.e]r-last'ing, _adj._ endless: eternal.--_n._
eternity.--_adv._ EVERLAST'INGLY.--_n._ EVERLAST'INGNESS.--EVERLASTING
FLOWER, the popular name of certain plants, whose flowers may be kept for
years without much diminution of beauty; FROM, or TO, EVERLASTING, from, or
to, all eternity; THE EVERLASTING, God.
EVERT, e-vert', _v.t._ to turn inside out.--_n._ EVER'SION. [L.
_evert[)e]re_--_e_, out, _vert[)e]re_, _versum_, to turn.]
EVERY, ev'[.e]r-i, _adj._ each one of a number: all taken
separately.--_pron._ EV'ERYBODY, every person.--_adj._ EV'ERYDAY, of or
belonging to every day, daily: common, usual: pertaining to week-days, in
opposition to Sunday.--_pron._ EV'ERYTHING, all things: all.--_advs._
EV'ERYWAY, in every way or respect; EV'ERYWHEN, at all times; EV'ERYWHERE,
in every place.--EVERY BIT, the whole; EVERY NOW AND THEN, or AGAIN, at
intervals; EVERY OTHER, every second--e.g. every other day, every alternate
day. [A.S. _['æ]fre_, ever, and _['æ]lc_, each.]
EVICT, e-vikt', _v.t._ to dispossess by law: to expel from.--_ns._
EVIC'TION, the act of evicting from house or lands: the dispossession of
one person by another having a better title of property in land; EVIC'TOR.
[L. _evictus_, pa.p. of _evinc[)e]re_, to overcome.]
EVIDENT, ev'i-dent, _adj._ that is visible or can be seen: clear to the
mind: obvious.--_n._ EV'IDENCE, that which makes evident: means of proving
an unknown or disputed fact: information in a law case, as 'to give
evidence:' a witness.--_v.t._ to render evident: (_obs._) to attest,
prove.--_adjs._ EVIDEN'TIAL, EVIDEN'TIARY, furnishing evidence: tending to
prove.--_advs._ EVIDEN'TIALLY; EV'IDENTLY (_N.T._), visibly.--IN EVIDENCE,
received by the court as competent evidence: plainly visible,
conspicuous--a penny-a-liner's phrase adopted from the Fr. _en evidence_;
TURN KING'S (QUEEN'S) EVIDENCE (of an accomplice in a crime), to give
evidence against his partners. [L. _evidens_, _-entis_--_e_, out,
_vid[=e]re_, to see.]
EVIL, [=e]'vl, _adj._ wicked: mischievous: disagreeable:
unfortunate.--_adv._ in an evil manner: badly.--_n._ that which produces
unhappiness or calamity: harm: wickedness: depravity: sin.--_ns._
E'VIL-DO'ER, one who does evil; E'VIL-EYE, a supposed power to cause evil
or harm by the look of the eye.--_adj._ E'VIL-F[=A]'VOURED, having a
repulsive appearance: ugly.--_n._ E'VIL-F[=A]'VOUREDNESS (_B._), ugliness:
deformity.--_adv._ E'VILLY, in an evil manner: not well.--_adj._
E'VIL-MIND'ED, inclined to evil: malicious: wicked.--_ns._ E'VILNESS, state
of being evil: wickedness; E'VIL-SPEAK'ING, the speaking of evil:
slander.--_adj._ E'VIL-STARRED (_Tenn._), born under the influence of an
unpropitious star, unfortunate.--_n._ E'VIL-WORK'ER, one who works or does
evil.--THE EVIL ONE, the devil.--SPEAK EVIL OF, to slander. [A.S. _yfel_;
Dut. _euvel_; Ger. _übel_. _Ill_ is a doublet.]
EVINCE, e-vins', _v.t._ to prove beyond doubt: to show clearly: to make
evident.--_n._ EVINCE'MENT.--_adj._ EVINC'IBLE, that may be evinced or made
evident.--_adv._ EVINC'IBLY.--_adj._ EVINC'IVE, tending to evince, prove,
or demonstrate. [L. _evinc[)e]re_--_e_, inten., _vinc[)e]re_, to overcome.]
EVIRATE, [=e]'vir-[=a]t, _v.t._ to castrate: to render weak or unmanly. [L.
_evir[=a]re_--_e_, out, _vir_, a man.]
EVISCERATE, e-vis'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to tear out the viscera or bowels: to
gut.--_n._ EVISCER[=A]'TION. [L. _e_, out, _viscera_, the bowels.]
EVITE, e-v[=i]t', _v.i._ to avoid.--_v.t._ EV'ITATE (_Shak._) to
avoid.--_n._ EVIT[=A]'TION, the act of shunning. [L. _evit[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_e_, out, _vit[=a]re_, to shun.]
EVITERNAL, ev-i-t[.e]r'nal, _adj._ eternal.--_adv._ EVITER'NALLY.--_n._
EVITER'NITY.
EVOKE, e-v[=o]k', _v.t._ to call out: to draw out or bring forth.--_v.t._
EV'OCATE, to call up (spirits) from the dead.--_n._ EVOC[=A]'TION. [L.
_evoc[=a]re_--_e_, out, and _voc[=a]re_, to call.]
EVOLUTION, ev-ol-[=u]'shun, _n._ the act of unrolling or unfolding: gradual
working out or development: a series of things unfolded: the doctrine
according to which higher forms of life have gradually arisen out of lower:
(_arith._, _alg._) the extraction of roots: (_pl._) the orderly movements
of a body of troops or of ships of war.--_adjs._ EVOL[=U]'TIONAL,
EVOL[=U]'TIONARY, of or pertaining to evolution.--_ns._ EVOL[=U]'TIONISM,
the theory of evolution; EVOL[=U]'TIONIST, one skilled in evolutions or
military movements: one who believes in evolution as a principle in
science.--_adj._ EV'OL[=U]TIVE. [L. _evolutionem_--_evolv[)e]re_.]
EVOLVE, e-volv', _v.t._ to unroll: to disclose: to develop: to
unravel.--_v.i._ to disclose itself: to result.--_n._ EV'OL[=U]TE
(_math._), an original curve from which another curve (the _involute_) is
described by the end of a thread gradually unwound from the former.--_adj._
EVOLV'ABLE, that can be drawn out.--_n._ EVOLVE'MENT.--_adj._ EVOLV'ENT.
[L. _evolv[)e]re_--_e_, out, _volv[)e]re_, _vol[=u]tum_, to roll.]
EVULGATE, e-vul'g[=a]t, _v.t._ to divulge: to publish. [L. _evulg[=a]re_,
_[=a]tum_--_e_, out, _vulgus_, the people.]
EVULSION, e-vul'shun, _n._ a plucking out by force. [L. _e_, out,
_vell[)e]re_, _vulsum_, to pluck.]
EWE, [=u], _n._ a female sheep.--_ns._ EWE'-CHEESE, cheese made from the
milk of ewes; EWE'-LAMB, a female lamb: a poor man's one possession--used
in reference to 2 Sam. xii.; EWE'-NECK, of horses, a thin hollow
neck.--_adj._ EWE'-NECKED. [A.S. _eowu_; cf. L. _ovis_, Gr. _oïs_, Sans,
_avi_, a sheep.]
EWER, [=u]'[.e]r, _n._ a large jug with a wide spout, placed on a washstand
to hold water. [Through Fr. from L. _aquarium_--_aqua_, water, whence also
Fr. _eau_.]
EWEST, [=u]'est, _adj._ (_Scot._) near.
EWFT, eft, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as EFT (1).
EWHOW, [=a]'hwow, _interj._ (_Scot._) an exclamation of sorrow.