Webster's Dictionary 1828

1945

EUSTYLE

EU'STYLE, noun [Gr. a column.] In architecture, a sort of building in which the columns are placed at the most convenient distances from each other, the intercolumniations being...

1946

EUTHANASY

EU'THANASY, noun [Gr. death.] An easy death.

1947

EUTYCHIAN

EUTYCH'IAN, noun A follower of Eutychius, who denied the two natures of Christ.

1948

EUTYCHIANISM

EUTYCH'IANISM, noun The doctrines of Eutychius, who denies the two natures of Christ.

1949

EVACATE

EVA'CATE, verb transitive [Latin vaco.] To empty. [Not in use.]

1950

EVACUANT

EVAC'UANT, adjective [Latin evacuans.] Emptying; freeing from.EVAC'UANT, noun A medicine which procures evacuations, or promotes the natural secretions and excretions.

1951

EVACUATE

EVAC'UATE, verb transitive [Latin evacuo; e and vacuus, from vaco, to empty. See Vacant.]1. To make empty; to free from any thing contained; as, to evacuate the church.2. To thr...

1952

EVACUATED

EVAC'UATED, participle passive Emptied; cleared; freed from the contents; quitted, as by an army or garrison; ejected; discharged; vacated.

1953

EVACUATING

EVAC'UATING, participle present tense Emptying; making void or vacant; withdrawing from.

1954

EVACUATION

EVACUA'TION, noun The act of emptying or clearing of the contents; the act of withdrawing from, as an army or garrison.1. Discharges by stool or other natural means; a diminutio...

1955

EVACUATIVE

EVAC'UATIVE, adjective That evacuates.

1956

EVACUATOR

EVAC'UATOR, noun One that makes void.

1957

EVADE

EVA'DE, verb transitive [Latin evado; e and vado, to go.]1. To avoid by dexterity. The man evaded the blow aimed at his head.2. To avoid or escape by artifice or stratagem; to s...

1958

EVADED

EVA'DED, participle passive Avoided; eluded.

1959

EVADING

EVA'DING, participle present tense Escaping; avoiding; eluding; slipping away from danger, pursuit or attack.

1960

EVAGATION

EVAGA'TION, noun [Latin evagatio, evagor; e and vagor, to wander.]The act of wandering; excursion; a roving or rambling.

1961

EVAL

E'VAL, adjective [Latin oevum.] Relating to time or duration. [Not in use.]

1962

EVANESCENCE

EVANES'CENCE, noun [Latin evanescens, from evanesco; e and vanesco, to vanish, from vanus, vain, empty. See Vain.]1. A vanishing; a gradual departure from sight or possession, e...

1963

EVANESCENT

EVANES'CENT, adjective Vanishing; subject to vanishing; fleeting; passing away; liable to dissipation, like vapor, or to become imperceptible. The pleasures and joys of life are...

1964

EVANGEL

EVAN'GEL, noun [Latin evangelium.] The gospel. [Not in use.]

1965

EVANGELIAN

EVANGE'LIAN, adjective Rendering thanks for favors.

1966

EVANGELIC

EVANGEL'ICEVANGEL'ICAL, adjective [Low Latin evangelicus, from evangelium, the gospel; Gr. well, good, to announce.]1. According to the gospel; consonant to the doctrines and pr...

1967

EVANGELICAL

EVANGEL'ICAL, a. [Low L. evangelicus, from evangelium, the gospel; Gr. well, good, to announce.]1. According to the gospel; consonant to the doctrines and precepts of the gospel...

1968

EVANGELICALLY

EVANGEL'ICALLY, adverb In a manner according to the gospel.

1969

EVANGELISM

EVAN'GELISM, noun The promulgation of the gospel.

1970

EVANGELIST

EVAN'GELIST, noun A writer of the history, or doctrines, precepts, actions, life and death of our blessed Savior, Jesus Christ; as the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and ...

1971

EVANGELISTARY

EVAN'GELISTARY, noun A selection of passages from the gospels, as a lesson in divine service.