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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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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.Ewe, n. p. 472A female sheep; the female of the ovine race of animals.Ew'er, n. p. 472A pitcher with a wide spout, used to bring water for washing the hands. Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. Shak.Ew'ry, n. p. 472(Eng.) An office in the king's household, where they take care of the linen for the king's table, lay the cloth, and serve up water in ewers after dinner.Ex p. 472A Latin preposition or prefix, Gr. ἐξ or ἐκ, signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies sometimes out of, as in exhale, exclude; sometimes off, from, or out, as in…Ex-ăç'er-bāte or Ĕx/ă-çer'bāte, v. t. p. 472To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or a disease. [See Note under CONTEMPLATE.]Ex-āc'er-bā'tion, n. p. 472The act of rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion. 2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a…Ex-āc'er-bēs'çence, n. p. 472Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease. Darwin.Ex-ăc'er-vā'tion, n. p. 472The act of heaping up. [Obs.] Bailey.Ex-ā'ci-nāte, v. t. p. 472To remove the kernel from. [Rare.]