Evacate
E•va´cate, v. t. [Pref. e- + vacate.] To empty. [Obs.] Harvey.
Evacuate
E•vac´u•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evacuated p. pr. & vb. n. Evacuating.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]
1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as to evacuate a vessel or dish.
2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
"Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning." Coleridge.
3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
"The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country." Burke.
5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon.
Evacuator
E•vac´u•a•tor, n. One who evacuates; a nullifier. "Evacuators of the law." Hammond.
Evade
E•vade´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evaded; p. pr. & vb. n.. Evading.] [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s’evader. See Wade.] To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
"The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles." Trench.
Evade
E•vade´, v. t.
1. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from. "Evading from perils." Bacon.
"Unarmed they might
Have easily, as spirits evaded swift
By quick contraction or remove." Milton.
2. 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 any of these … ways." South.
Syn. — To equivocate; shuffle. See Prevaricate.
Evagation
Ev•a•ga´tion, n. [L. evagatio, fr. evagari to wander forth: cf. F. evagation. See Vagary.] A wandering about; excursion; a roving. [R.] Ray.
Evaginate
E•vag´i•nate, a. [L. evaginatus, p. p., unsheathed. See Evagination.] Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated; as an evaginate membrane.
Evaginate
E•vag´i•nate, v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Evaginated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaginating.] To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.
Evagination
E•vag•i•na´tion, n. An outgrowth or protruded part.
Eval
E´val (e"v al), a. [L. aevum lifetime, age, eternity.] Relating to time or duration. [Obs.]
Evaluate
E•val´u•ate (e•val"u•at), v. t. [See Evaluation.] To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
Evanesce
Ev•a•nesce´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Evanesced p. pr. & vb. n. Evanescing. .] [L. evanescere; e out + vanescere to vanish, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain, and cf. Evanish.] To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.
"I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated." De Quincey.
Evanescently
Ev•a•nes´cent•ly, adv. In a vanishing manner; imperceptibly. Chalmers.
Evangel
E•van´gel, n. [F. evangile, L. evangelium, Gr. good news, glad tidings, gospel, fr. bringing good news; well + to bear a message. See Eu-, and cf. Evangely.] Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. Milton.
"Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel." Whittier.
Evangelic
E•van•gel´ic, a. [L. evangelicus, Gr. : cf. F. evangelique. See Evangel.] Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical. "Evangelic truth." J. Foster.
Evangelical
E•van•gel´ic•al, n. One of evangelical principles.
Evangelicalism
E•van•gel´ic•al•ism, n. Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism. G. Eliot.
Evangelically
E•van•gel´ic•al•ly, adv. In an evangelical manner.
Evangelicalness
E•van•gel´ic•al•ness, n. State of being evangelical.
Evangelicism
E•van•gel´i•cism n. Evangelical principles; evangelism.
Evangelism
E•van´gel•ism n. The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. Bacon.
Evangelize
E•van´gel•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evangelized p. pr. & vb. n. Evangelizing ]. [F. evangelisre, LL. evangelizare, fr. Gr. .] To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as to evangelize the world.
"His apostles whom he sends
To evangelize the nations." Milton.
Evangely
E•van´ge•ly, n. Evangel. [Obs.]
"The sacred pledge of Christ’s evangely." Spenser.
Evangile
E•van´gile, n. [F. evangile. See Evangel.] Good tidings; evangel. [R.]
"Above all, the Servians … read, with much avidity, the evangile of their freedom." Landor.
Evanid
E•van´id, a. [L. evanidus, fr. evanescere. See Evanesce.] Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as evanid color. [Obs.]
"They are very transitory and evanid." Barrow.
Evanish
E•van´ish, v. i. [Pref. e- + vanish: cf. L. evanescere. See Evanesce, vanish.] To vanish.
"Or like the rainbow’s lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm." Burns.
Evanishment
E•van´ish•ment, n. A vanishing; disappearance. [R.] T. Jefferson.
Evaporable
E•vap´o•ra•ble, a. Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.
Evaporate
E•vap´o•rate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evaporated p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating ] [L. evaporatus, p. p. of evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See Vapor.]
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.
2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as the spirit of a writer often evaporates in the process of translation.
"To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate … is a safe way." Bacon.
Evaporate
E•vap´o•rate, a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.] Dispersed in vapors. Thomson.
Evaporation
E•vap•o•ra´tion, n. [L. evaporatio: cf. F. evaporation.]
1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.
2. The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.
3. That which is evaporated; vapor.
4. (Steam Engine) See Vaporization.
Evasion
E•va´sion, n. [L. evasio: cf. F. evasion. See Evade.] 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.
Evasive
E•va´sive, a. [Cf. F. evasif. See Evade.] 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.
Eve, n. [See Even, n. ]
1. Evening. [Poetic]
"Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze." Thomson.
2. 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 (Zoöl), the European goatsucker or nightjar; — called also night churr, and churr owl.
Even
E´ven (ev"’n) n. [OE. eve, even, efen, aefen. AS. aefen; akin to OS. aband, OFries, avend, D. avond, OHG. aband, Icel. aptan, Sw. afton, Dan. aften; of unknown origin. Cf. Eve, Evening.] Evening. See Eve, n. 1. [Poetic.] Shak.
Even
E´ven, a. [AS. efen. efn; akin to OS. eban, D. even, OHG. eban, G. efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Sw. jämn, Goth. ibns. Cf. Anent, Ebb.]
1. 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.
2. Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as an even temper.
3. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
"And shall lay thee even with the ground." Luke xix. 44.
4. 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.
5. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. "I know my life so even." Shak.
6. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. [Obs.] "His even servant." Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 29).
7. 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.
Even
E´ven, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evened p. pr. & vb. n. Evening ]
1. 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.
2. To equal. [Obs.] "To even him in valor." Fuller.
3. 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. Shak.
4. To set right; to complete.
5. To act up to; to keep pace with. Shak.
Even
E´ven, v. i. To be equal. [Obs.] R. Carew.
Even
E´ven, adv. [AS. efne. See Even, a. , and cf. E’en.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. At the very time; in the very case.
"I knew they were bad enough to please, even when I wrote them." Dryden. 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.
Evene
E•vene´, v. i. [L. evenire. See Event.] To happen. [Obs.] Hewyt.
Evenfall
E´ven•fall, n. Beginning of evening. "At the quiet evenfall." Tennyson.
Evening
E´ven•ing, n. [AS. aefnung. See even, n. , and cf. Eve.]
1. 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. Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
Event
E•vent´, n. [L. eventus, fr. evenire to happen, come out; e out + venire to come. See Come.]
1. 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.
2. An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [Obs.] "Leave we him to his events." Shak.
3. 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. — 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.
Eventide
E´ven•tide n. [AS. aefentid. See Tide.] The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] Spenser.
Eventilate
E•ven´ti•late, v. t. [L. eventilatus, p. p. of eventilare to fan. See Ventilate.]
1. To winnow out; to fan. [Obs.] Cockeram.
2. To discuss; to ventilate. [Obs.] Johnson.
Eventilation
E•ven•ti•la´tion, n. The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.
Eventless
E•vent´less, a. Without events; tame; monotonous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
Eventual
E•ven´tu•al, a. [Cf. F. eventiel. See Event.]
1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential. Burke.
2. Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." Cooper.
3. (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. Marshall.
Eventually
E•ven´tu•al•ly, adv. In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.
Eventuate
E•ven´tu•ate, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Eventuated p. pr. & vb. n. Eventuating.] To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.
Ever
Ev´er adv. [OE. ever, aefre, AS. aefre; perh. akin to AS. a always. Cf. Aye, Age,Evry, Never.] [Sometimes contracted into e’er.]
1. At any time; at any period or point of time.
"No man ever yet hated his own flesh." Eph. v. 29.
2. At all times; through all time; always; forever.
"He shall ever love, and always be
The subject of by scorn and cruelty." Dryder.
3. Without cessation; continually. Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. "His the old man e’er a son?" Shak.
"To produce as much as ever they can." M. Arnold.Ever and anon, now and then; often. See under Anon. — Ever is one, continually; constantly. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Ever so, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; — used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See Never so, under Never. "Let him be ever so rich." Emerson.
"And all the question (wrangle e’er so long),
Is only this, if God has placed him wrong." Pope.
"You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters." Thackeray. — For ever, eternally. See Forever. — For ever and a day, emphatically forever. Shak.
"She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day." Prof. Wilson. — Or ever (for or ere), before. See Or, ere. [Archaic]
"Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!" Shak. Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as ever memorable, ever watchful, ever burning.
Evergreen
Ev´er•green, n.
1. (Bot.) An evergreen plant.
2. pl. Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. "The funeral evengreens entwine." Keble. { Ev´er•ich, Ev´er•ych }, a. [OE. see Every.] each one; every one; each of two. See Every. [Obs.] Chaucer. { Ev•er•ich•on´, Ev•er•ych•on´ }, pron. [OE. everich + oon, on, one. See Every, and One.] Every one. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Evergreen State. Washington; — a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.
Everlasting
Ever•last´ing a.
1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal. "The Everlasting God." Gen. xx1. 33.
2. 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. — 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.
Everlasting
Ev•er•last´ing, n.
1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.
"From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God." Ps. xc. 2.
2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
3. (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.
4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting.
Everlastingly
Ev•er•last´ing•ly, adv. In an everlasting manner.
Evernic
E•ver´nic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as evernic acid.
Everse
E•verse´, v. t. [L. eversus, p. p. of evertere to turn out, overthrow; e out + vertere to turn. Cf. Evert.] To overthrow or subvert. [Obs.] Glanvill.
Evert
E•vert´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Everted; p. pr. & vb. n. Everting.] [L. evertere. See Everse.]
1. To overthrow; to subvert. [R.] Ayliffe.
2. To turn outwards, or inside out, as an intestine.
Every
Ev´er•y, a. & a. pron. [OE. everich, everilk; AS. aefre ever + aelc each. See Ever, each.]
1. 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 number.
"Every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Ps. xxxix. 5.
"Every door and window was adorned with wreaths of flowers." Macaulay.
2. Every one. Cf. Each. [Obs.] "Every of your wishes." Shak.
"Daily occasions given to every of us." Hooker. Every each, every one. [Obs.] "Every each of them hath some vices." Burton.. — Every now and then, at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently. [Colloq.] Every may, by way of emphasis, precede the article the with a superlative adjective; as every, the least variation. Locke.
Syn. — Every, Each, Any. Any denotes one, or some, taken indifferently from the individuals which compose a class. Every differs from each in giving less prominence to the selection of the individual. Each relates to two or more individuals of a class. It refers definitely to every one of them, denoting that they are considered separately, one by one, all being included; as each soldier was receiving a dollar per day. Every relates to more than two and brings into greater prominence the notion that not one of all considered is excepted; as every soldier was on service, except the cavalry, that is, all the soldiers, etc.
"In each division there were four pentecosties, in every pentecosty four enomoties, and of each enomoty there fought in the front rank four [soldiers]." Jowett (Thucyd. ).
"If society is to be kept together and the children of Adam to be saved from setting up each for himself with every one else his foe." J. H. Newman.
Everyone
Ev´er•y•one, n. [OE. everychon.] Everybody; — commonly separated, every one.
Everywhereness
Ev´er•y•where•ness, n. Ubiquity; omnipresence. [R.] Grew.
Evestigate
E•ves´ti•gate, v. t. [L. evestigatus traced out; e out + vestigatus, p. p. of vestigare. See Vestigate.] To investigate. [Obs.] Bailey.
Evet
Ev´et, n. [See Eft, n. ] (Zoöl.) The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders. [Written also evat.]
Evibrate
E•vi´brate, v. t. & i. [L. evibrare. See Vibrate.] To vibrate. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Evict
E•vict´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Evicting.] [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See Evince.]
1. (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
"The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession." Sir. J. Davies.
2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] Cheyne.
Evidence
Ev´i•dence, n. [F. evidence, L. Evidentia. See Evident.]
1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.
"Faith is … the evidence of things not seen." Heb. xi. 1.
"O glorious trial of exceeding love
Illustrious evidence, example high." Milton.
2. One who bears witness. [R.] "Infamous and perjured evidences." Sir W. Scott.
3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; — the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it. Greenleaf. Circumstantial evidence, Conclusive evidence, etc. See under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc. — Crown’s, King’s, or Queen’sevidence, evidence for the crown. [Eng.] — State’s evidence, evidence for the government or the people. [U. S. ] — To turnKing’s, Queen’s or State’sevidence, to confess a crime and give evidence against one’s accomplices.
Syn. — Testimony; proof. See Testimony.
Evidence
Ev´i•dence, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evidenced p, pr. & vb. n. Evidencing ] To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender. Milton.
Evident
Ev´i•dent, a. [F. evinent, l. evidens, -entis; e out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See Vision.] Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.
"Your honor and your goodness is so evident." Shak.
"And in our faces evident the signs
Of foul concupiscence." Milton.
Syn. — Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See Manifest.
Evigilation
E•vig•i•la´tion, n. [L. evigilatio; e out + vigilare to be awake. See Vigilant.] A waking up or awakening. [Obs.]
Evilly
E´vil•ly, adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill. [Obs.] "Good deeds evilly bestowed." Shak.
Evince
E•vince´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evinced p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing ] [L. evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See Victor, and cf. Evict.]
1. To conquer; to subdue. [Obs.]
"Error by his own arms is best evinced." Milton.
2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence.
"Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this." South.
Evincement
E•vince´ment, n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.
Evincive
E•vin´cive, a. Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.
Eviscerate
E•vis´cer•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Eviscerated p. pr. & vb. n. Eviscerating ] [L. evisceratus, p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See Viscera.] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.
Evitable
Ev´i•ta•ble, a. [L. evitabilis: cf. F. evitable.] Avoidable. [R.] Hooker.
Evitation
Ev•i•ta´tion, n. [L. evitatio.] A shunning; avoidance. [Obs.] Bacon.
Evite
E•vite´, v. t. [Cf. F. eviter. See Evitate.] To shun. [Obs.] Dryton.
Eviternal
Ev•i•ter´nal, a. [L. eviternus, aeternus. See Etern.] Eternal; everlasting. [Obs.] — Ev•i•ter´nal•ly, adv. Bp. Hall.
Evocate
Ev´o•cate, v. t. [L. evocatus, p. p. of evocare. See Evoke.] To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke. [R.] Stackhouse.
Evoke
E•voke´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evoked p. pr. & vb. n. Evoking.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F evoquer. See Voice, and cf. Evocate.]
1. To call out; to summon forth.
"To evoke the queen of the fairies." T. Warton.
"A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted." De Quincey.
2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. [R.] "The cause was evoked to Rome." Hume. { Ev•o•lat´ic, Ev•o•lat´ic•al } a. [L. evolare to fly away; e out + volare to fly.] Apt to fly away. [Obs. or R.] Blount.
Evolation
Ev•o•la´tion, n. [L. evolatio.] A flying out or up. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Evolute
Ev´o•lute, n. [L. evolutus unrolled, p. p. of evolvere. See Evolve.] (Geom.) A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent. Any curve may be an evolute, the term being applied to it only in its relation to the involute.
Evolutility
Ev•o•lu•til´i•ty, n. [See Evolution.] (Biol.) The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure. Syd. Soc. Lex.
Evolution
Ev•o•lu´tion, n. [L. evolutio an unrolling: cf. F. evolution evolution. See Evolve.]
1. The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.
2. A series of things unrolled or unfolded. "The whole evolution of ages." Dr. H. More.
3. (Geom.) The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute. Hutton.
4. (Arith. & Alg.) The extraction of roots; — the reverse of involution.
5. (Mil. & Naval) A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver.
"Those evolutions are best which can be executed with the greatest celerity, compatible with regularity." Campbell.
6. (Biol.) (a) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development. (b) That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preëxist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; — opposed to epigenesis.
7. (Metaph.) That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The pocess is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophers.
"Evolution is to me series with development." Gladstone.
Evolutional
Ev•o•lu´tion•al, a. Relating to evolution. "Evolutional changes." H. Spenser.
Evolutionary
Ev•o•lu´tion•a•ry, a. Relating to evolution; as evolutionary discussions.
Evolutionism
Ev•o•lu´tion•ism, n. The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.
Evolve
E•volve´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evolved p. pr. & vb. n. Evolving.] [L. evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See Voluble.]
1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
"The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul." Sir. M. Hale.
"The principles which art involves, science alone evolves." Whewell.
"Not by any power evolved from man’s own resources, but by a power which descended from above." J. C. Shairp.
2. To throw out; to emit; as to evolve odors.
Evolvement
E•volve´ment, n. The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.
Evolvent
E•volv´ent, n. [L. evolvents. -entis, unrolling, p. pr. of evolvere.] (Geom.) The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute.
Evomition
Ev•o•mi´tion, n. The act of vomiting. [Obs.] Swift.
Evulgate
E•vul´gate v. t. [L. evulgatus, p. p. of evulgare to publish.] To publish abroad. [Obs.]