Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 57
Evasible (a.) That may be evaded. [R.]
Evasion (n.) The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more. -- Milton.
Syn: Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication; equivocation.
Evasion (n.) A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: evasion, equivocation].
Evasion (n.) The deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment" [syn: evasion, nonpayment] [ant: defrayal, defrayment, payment].
Evasion (n.) Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: evasion, escape, dodging].
Evasion (n.) The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
Evasion. () A subtle device to set aside the truth, or escape the punishment of the law; as if a man should tempt another to strike him first, in order that he might have an opportunity of returning the blow with impunity. He is nevertheless punishable, because he becomes himself the aggressor in such a case. Wishard, 1 H. P. C. 81 Hawk. P. C. c. 31, Sec. 24, 25; Bac. Ab. Fraud, A.
Evasion. () An escape from custody.
Evasive (a.) Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. -- Pope.
Stammered out a few evasive phrases. -- Macaulay. -- E*va"sive*ly, adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n.
Evasive (a.) Deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement."
Evasive (a.) Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action."
Eve (n.) Evening. [Poetic]
Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. -- Thomson.
Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event. "On the eve of death." -- Keble.
Eve churr (Zool.), The European goatsucker or nightjar; -- called also night churr, and churr owl.
Eve (n.) (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Eve (n.) The day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her departure."
Eve (n.) The period immediately before something; "on the eve of the French Revolution."
Eve (n.) The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide].
Evectics (n.) The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body.
Evection () The act of carrying up or away; exaltation.
Evection () An inequality of the moon's motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1¡ 20'.
Evection () The libration of the moon.
Even (n.) Evening. See Eve, n. 1. [Poetic.] -- Shak.
Even (a.) Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct.
Even (a.) Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.
Even (a.) Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
And shall lay thee even with the ground. -- Luke xix. 44.
Even (a.) Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain.
To make the even truth in pleasure flow. -- Shak.
Even (a.) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. "I know my life so even." -- Shak.
Even (a.) Associate; fellow; of the same condition. [Obs.] "His even servant." -- Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 29).
Even (a.) Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.
Whether the number of the stars is even or odd. -- Jer. Taylor.
On even ground, With equal advantage.
On even keel (Naut.), In a level or horizontal position.
Evened (imp. & p. p.) of Even.
Evening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Even.
Even (v. t.) To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. -- Sir. W. Raleigh.
It will even all inequalities -- Evelyn.
Even (v. t.) To equal. [Obs.] "To even him in valor." -- Fuller.
Even (v. t.) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits ; to make equal; as, to even the score. -- Shak.
Even (v. t.) To set right; to complete.
Even (v. t.) To act up to; to keep pace with. -- Shak.
Even (v. i.) To be equal. [Obs.] -- R. Carew.
Even (a.) In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well. "Is it even so?" -- Shak.
Even so did these Gauls possess the coast. -- Spenser.
Even (a.) Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.
Thou wast a soldier Even to Cato's wish. -- Shak.
Without . . . making us even sensible of the change. -- Swift.
Even (a.) As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.
I have made several discoveries, which appear new, even to those who are versed in critical learning. -- Addison.
Even (a.) At the very time; in the very case.
I knew they were bad enough to please, even when I wrote them. -- Dryden.
Note: Even is sometimes used to emphasize a word or phrase. "I have debated even in my soul." -- Shak.
By these presence, even the presence of Lord Mortimer. -- Shak.
Even (adv.) Used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!"
Even (adv.) In spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him."
Even (adv.) To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" [syn: even, yet, still].
Even (adv.) To the full extent; "loyal even unto death."
Even (a.) Divisible by two [ant: odd, uneven].
Even (a.) Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight" [syn: even, fifty-fifty].
Even (a.) Being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" [ant: uneven].
Even (a.) Symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" [syn: even, regular].
Even (a.) Occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" [syn: even, regular].
Even (a.) Of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn: tied(p), even, level(p)].
Even (n.) The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide].
Even (v.) Make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: flush, level, even out, even].
Even (v.) Become even or more even; "even out the surface" [syn: even, even out].
Even (v.) Make even or more even [syn: even, even out].
Evene (v. i.) To happen. [Obs.] -- Hewyt.
Evener (n.) One who, or that which makes even.
Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast.
Evenfall (n.) Beginning of evening. "At the quiet evenfall." -- Tennyson.
Evenfall (n.) The time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle].
Evenhand (n.) Equality. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Evenhanded (a.) Fair or impartial; unbiased. "Evenhanded justice." -- Shak. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ly, adv. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ness, n. -- Froude.
Evenhanded (a.) Without partiality; "evenhanded justice."
Evening (n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. -- Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. -- Bartlett.
Evening (n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening Prayer." -- Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), A genus of iridaceous plants ({Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zool.), An American singing bird ({Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, The bright star of early evening in the western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically, the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also evening stars. See Morning Star.
Evening (n.) The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide].
Evening (n.) A later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire."
Evening (n.) The early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera."
Evening, () The period following sunset with which the Jewish day began (Gen. 1:5; Mark 13:35). The Hebrews reckoned two evenings of each day, as appears from Ex. 16:12: 30:8; 12:6 (marg.); Lev. 23:5 (marg. R.V., "between the two evenings"). The "first evening" was that period when the sun was verging towards setting, and the "second evening" the moment of actual sunset.
The word "evenings" in Jer. 5:6 should be "deserts" (marg. R.V.).
Evenly (adv.) With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely.
Evenly (adv.) In equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way; "a class evenly divided between girls and boys"; "they split their winnings equally"; "deal equally with rich and poor" [syn: evenly, equally] [ant: unequally, unevenly].
Evenly (adv.) In a level and regular way [ant: unevenly].
Evenminded (a.) Having equanimity.
Evenness (n.) The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition.
It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinary person to rise higher than his own evenness. -- Jer. Taylor.
Evenness (n.) The parity of even numbers (divisible by two).
Evenness (n.) A quality of uniformity and lack of variation [syn: evenness, invariability] [ant: unevenness, variability].
Evenness (n.) The quality of being balanced [ant: unevenness].
Evensong (n.) A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong. -- Wyclif. Milton.
Evensong (n.) The sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays [syn: vespers, evensong].
Evensong (n.) (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer [syn: Evening Prayer, evensong].
Event (n.) That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." -- Macaulay.
To watch quietly the course of events. -- Jowett (Thucyd. )
There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. -- Eccl. ix. 2.
Event (n.) An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [Obs.] "Leave we him to his events." -- Shak.
Event (n.) The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.
Dark doubts between the promise and event. -- Young.
Syn: Incident; occurrence; adventure; issue; result; termination; consequence; conclusion.
Usage: Event, Occurrence, Incident, Circumstance. An event denotes that which arises from a preceding state of things. Hence we speak or watching the event; of tracing the progress of events. An occurrence has no reference to any antecedents, but simply marks that which meets us in our progress through life, as if by chance, or in the course of divine providence. The things which thus meet us, if important, are usually connected with antecedents; and hence event is the leading term. In the "Declaration of Independence" it is said, "When, in the cource of human events, it becomes necessary." etc. Here, occurrences would be out of place. An incident is that which falls into a state of things to which is does not primarily belong; as, the incidents of a journey. The term is usually applied to things of secondary importance. A circumstance is one of the things surrounding us in our path of life. These may differ greatly in importance; but they are always outsiders, which operate upon us from without, exerting greater or less influence according to their intrinsic importance. A person giving an account of a campaign might dwell on the leading events which it produced; might mention some of its striking occurrences; might allude to some remarkable incidents which attended it; and might give the details of the favorable or adverse circumstances which marked its progress.
Event (v. t.) To break forth. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Event (n.) Something that happens at a given place and time.
Event (n.) A special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: event, case].
Event (n.) A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.
Event (n.) A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot].
Event, () An occurrence or happening of significance to a task or program, such as the completion of an asynchronous input/ output operation. A task may wait for an event or any of a set of events or it may (request to) receive asynchronous notification (a signal or interrupt) that the event has occurred.
See also event-driven.
Event, () A transaction or other activity that affects the records in a file.
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Eventerate (v. t.) To rip open; to disembowel. [Obs.] -- Sir. T. Brown.
Eventful (a.) Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.
Eventful (a.) Full of events or incidents; "the most exhausting and eventful day of my life" [ant: uneventful].
Eventful (a.) Having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision" [syn: consequential, eventful].
Eventide (n.) The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] -- Spenser.
Eventide (n.) The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide].
Eventilate (v. t.) To winnow out; to fan. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Eventilate (v. t.) To discuss; to ventilate. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Eventilation (n.) The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] -- Bp. Berkely.
Eventless (a.) Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
Eventognathi (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.
Eventration (n.) (Med.) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
Eventration (n.) (Med.) A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.
Eventration (n.) (Med.) The act af disemboweling.
Eventration (n.) Protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall
Eventual (a.) Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential. -- Burke.
Eventual (a.) Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." -- Cooper.
Eventual (a.) (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. -- Marshall.
Eventualities (n. pl. ) of Eventuality.
Eventuality (n.) The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.
Eventuality (n.) Disposition to take cognizance of events.
Eventually (adv.) 最後，終於 In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.
Eventually (adv.) After an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay [syn: {finally}, {eventually}].
Eventuated (imp. & p. p.) of Eventuate.
Eventuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eventuate.
Eventuate (v. i.) To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.
Eventuation (n.) The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.
Ever (adv.) At any time; at any period or point of time.
Ever (adv.) At all times; through all time; always; forever.
Ever (adv.) Without cessation; continually.
Everduring (a.) Everlasting.
Everglade (n.) A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida.
Evergreen (n.) [Bot.] 常綠樹；萬年青 [C]；裝飾用的常綠樹樹枝 [P] An evergreen plant.
Evergreen (n.) pl. Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. "The funeral evengreens entwine." -- Keble.
Evergreen (a.) (Bot.) 常綠的，常青的 Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.
Evergreen (a.) An evergreen plant, bush, or tree has leaves for the whole year.
Compare: Deciduous (Specialized)
Deciduous (a.) (Specialized) （樹木）落葉的 A deciduous tree loses its leaves in autumn and grows new ones in the spring.
Deciduous (a.) (Specialized) Relating to body parts that fall out or fall off and are replaced by new ones, for example a child's or young animal's first teeth.
Evergreen (a.) Always seeming fresh or remaining popular.
// That evergreen TV series "Friends."
Evergreen (a.) [Not gradable ] (Of a plant, bush, or tree) Having leaves for the whole year.
Everich (a.) Alt. of Everych.
Everych (a.) each one; every one; each of two. See Every.
Everichon (pron.) Alt. of Everychon.
Everychon (pron.) Every one.
Everlasting (a.) 永遠的，永久的；不朽的；持久的；接連不斷的 Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal. "The Everlasting God." -- Gen. xx1. 33.
Everlasting (a.) Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. -- Gen xvii. 8.
And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness. -- Pope.
Syn: Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending; infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual; unintermitted; incessant.
Usage: -- {Everlasting}, {Eternal}. Eternal denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end.
Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. -- Shak.
{Everlasting flower}. Sane as {Everlasting}, n., 3.
{Everlasting pea}, An ornamental plant ({Lathyrus latifolius}) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial.
Enerlasting (n.) 永久；無窮 [U] Eternal duration, past of future; eternity.
From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. -- Ps. xc. 2.
Enerlasting (n.) (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
Enerlasting (n.) (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.
Enerlasting (n.) A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See {Lasting}.
Everlasting (a.) Continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: {ageless}, {aeonian}, {eonian}, {eternal}, {everlasting}, {perpetual}, {unending}, {unceasing}].
Everlasting (a.) Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)}, {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)}, {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)}, {thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}, {unadulterated}].
Everlasting (n.) Any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color [syn: {everlasting}, {everlasting flower}].
Everlasting (a.) Eternal, applied to God (Gen. 21:33; Deut. 33:27; Ps. 41:13; 90:2). We also read of the "everlasting hills" (Gen. 49:26); an "everlasting priesthood" (Ex. 40:15; Num. 25:13). (See {Eternal}.)
Everlasting (a.) Lasting forever. It is with no small diffidence that I venture to offer this brief and elementary definition, for I am not unaware of the existence of a bulky volume by a sometime Bishop of Worcester, entitled, _A Partial Definition of the Word "Everlasting," as Used in the Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures_. His book was once esteemed of great authority in the Anglican Church, and is still, I understand, studied with pleasure to the mind and profit of the soul.
Everlastingly (adv.) 永久地；不停地；無窮地 In an everlasting manner.
Everlastingly (adv.) For a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss [syn: {everlastingly}, {eternally}, {forever}, {evermore}].
Everlastingness (n.) 永恆；持久；無止境 The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.
Everlastingness (n.) The property of lasting forever.
Everliving (a.) 永生的；不死的；永久的 Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God.
Everliving (a.) Continual; incessant; unintermitted.
Evermore (adv.) 【書】 永遠，經常，始終；今後，將來 During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.
Seek the Lord . . . Seek his face evermore. -- Ps. cv. 4
And, behold, I am alive for evermore. -- Rev. i. 18.
Which flow from the presence of God for evermore -- Tillotson.
I evermore did love you, Hermia. -- Shak.
Evermore (a.) At any future time; in the future; "lead a blameless life evermore" [syn: {evermore}, {forevermore}].
Evermore (a.) For a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss [syn: {everlastingly}, {eternally}, {forever}, {evermore}].
Evernic (a.) Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid.
Everse (v. t.) To overthrow or subvert.
Eversion (n.) The act of eversing; destruction.
Eversion (n.) The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium.
Eversive (a.) Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with of.
Everted (imp. & p. p.) of Evert.
Everting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evert.
Evert (v. t.) 使外翻 To overthrow; to subvert. [R.] -- Ayliffe.
Evert (v. t.) To turn outwards, or inside out, as an intestine.
Evert (n.) United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954) [syn: {Evert}, {Chris Evert}, {Chrissie Evert}, {Christine Marie Evert}].
Evert (v.) Turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward; "evert the eyelid".
Every (a. & a. pron.) All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite bumber.