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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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E-vĕs'ti-gāte, v. t. p. 471To investigate. [Obs.] Bailey.E-vī'brāte, v. t. & i. p. 471To vibrate. [Obs.] Cockeram.E-vĭct', v. t. p. 471(Law.) To dispossess by a judicial process, or course of legal proceedings; to expel from; to compel to leave. The law of England would speedily evict them of their possession. Davies. 2. To evince…E-vĭc'tion, n. p. 471(Law.) The act of evicting or dispossessing by judicial process; the recovery of lands or tenements from another's possession, by due course of law. 2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.] “Full…Ĕv'i-dençe, n. p. 471That which makes evident or manifest; the ground of belief or judgment; conclusive testimony; a statement which contains proofs; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of truth or falsehood. O…Ĕv'i-dence, v. t. p. 471To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence the guilt of an offender. Milton.Ĕv'i-dent, a. p. 471Clear 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…Ĕv'i-dĕn'tial, a. p. 471Relating to, or furnishing, evidence; clearly proving; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity.Ĕv'i-dĕn'tial-ly, adv. p. 471In an evidential manner.Ĕv'i-dĕn'ti-a-ry, a. p. 471Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential. When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, or a mark of, some other fact, there must be a cause of the error. J. S. Mill.Ĕv'i-dent-ly, adv. p. 471In an evident manner; clearly; obviously; plainly. He was evidently in the prime of youth. W. Irving.Ĕv'i-dent-ness, n. p. 471State of being evident.E-vĭg'-i-lā'tion, n. p. 471A waking or watching. [Obs.]Ē'vĭl, a. p. 471Having qualities which tend to injury, or to produce mischief; having bad natural qualities; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop. 2.…E'vil, n. p. 471That which produces unhappiness; any thing that directly or remotely causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; calamity. Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought.…E'vil, adv. p. 471In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly. “Evil it beseems thee.” Shak. It went evil with his house. 1 Chron. vii. 23. The Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted…E’vil-e’ye, n. p. 471A supposed power of fascinating, of bewitching, or otherwise injuring, by the eyes or looks.E’vĭl-ĕyĕd, a. p. 471Possessed of the supposed evil-eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design.Ē’vil-fā’vored, a. p. 471Having a bad countenance or external appearance; ill-favored. Bacon.E’vil-fā’vored-ness, n. p. 471Deformity. [Obs.] Deut. xvii. 1.E'vil-ly, adv. p. 471In an evil manner; not well; ill. — [Obs.] “Good deeds evilly bestowed.” Shak.Ē'vil-mind'ed, a. p. 471Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked.Ē'vil-ness, n. p. 471The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; —as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.E'vil-spēak'ing, n. p. 471Slander; defamation; calumny; censoriousness. 1 Pet. ii. 1.E'vil-work'er, n. p. 471One who works or does evil; a wrong-doer. Phil. iii. 2.E-vĭnce', v. t. p. 471To 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…E-vinçe'ment, n. p. 471The act of evincing or proving.E-vĭn'ci-ble, a. p. 471Capable of being proved; demonstrable. Hale.Ē-vin'ci-bly, adv. p. 471In a manner to demonstrate, or force conviction.E-vĭn'çive, a. p. 471Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.Ē'vi-rāte or Ēv'i-rāte, v. t. p. 471To emasculate; to castrate, as a man. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ēv'i-rā'tion, n. p. 471Emasculation; castration. [Obs.]E-vis'çer-āte, v. t. p. 471To take out the entrails of; to embowel or disembowel; to gut.E-vis'cer-ā'tion, n. p. 471The act of eviscerating or disemboweling.Ēv'i-ta-ble, a. p. 471Capable of being shunned; avoidable.Ēv'i-tāte, v. t. p. 471To shun; to avoid; to elude; to escape. [Obs.] Shak.Ēv'i-tā'tion, n. p. 471Avoidance. [Obs.] Bacon.E-vîte', v. t. p. 471To shun. [Obs.] Drayton.Ĕv'i-tĕr'nal, a. p. 471Of duration indefinitely long; everlasting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ēv'i-tér'nal-ly, adv. p. 471Eternally. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.E'vi-tér'ni-ty, n. p. 471Eternity. [Obs.] Bailey.Ev'o-cāte, v. t. p. 471To call up or forth; to summon; to evoke. [Obs.] Stackhouse.Ev'o-cā'tion, n. p. 471The act of calling up or forth. [Rare.] Browne.Ev'o-cā'tor, n. p. 471One who calls forth. [Rare.]E-vōke', v. t. p. 471To call out; to summon forth. There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise, that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. De Quincey. 2. To call away; to…Ēv'o-lāt'ile or Ēv'o-lāt'ile-al, a. p. 471Apt to fly away. [Obs. and rare.] Blount.Ev'o-lā'tion, n. p. 471Act of flying away. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ev'o-lūte, n. p. 471(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; thus, the semicircle A B C is the…Ĕv′o-lū′tion, n. p. 472The 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…Ev'o-lū'tion-a-ry, a. p. 472Pertaining to evolution.Ēv'o-lū'tion-ist, n. p. 472One skilled in evolutions.E-völve', v. t. p. 472To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; as, to evolve the true idea of the state. The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full…E-vŏlve', v. i. p. 472To become open, disclosed, or developed. “Evolving scents diffuse.” Prior.E-vŏlve'ment, n. p. 472The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.E-vŏlv'ent, n. p. 472(Geom.) The involute of a curve. See INVOLUTE.E-vŏm'it, v. t. p. 472To vomit. [Obs.] Bale.E-vŏm'i-tā'tion or Ev'o-mi'tion, n. p. 472The act of vomiting. [Obs.] Swift.E-vŭl'gāte, v. t. p. 472To publish abroad. [Obs.]Ev'ul-gā'tion, n. p. 472A divulging. [Obs.] Bailey.E-vŭl'sion, n. p. 472The act of plucking or pulling out or back.