EVOKE
EVO'KE, verb transitive [Latin evoco; e and voco, to call.] To call forth.Neptune is a deity who evocates things into progression.1. To call from one tribunal to another; to rem...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EVOLATION
EVOLA'TION, noun [Latin evolo; e and volo, to fly.]The act of flying away.
EVOLUTE
EV'OLUTE, noun An original curve from which another curve is described; the origin of the evolent.
EVOLUTION
EVOLU'TION, noun [Latin evolutio.] The act of unfolding or unrolling.1. A series of things unrolled or unfolded; as the evolution of ages.2. In geometry, the unfolding or openin...
EVOLVE
EVOLVE, verb transitive evolv'. [Latin evolvo; e and volvo, to roll; Eng. to wallow.]1. To unfold; to open and expand.The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and e...
EVOLVED
EVOLV'ED, participle passive Unfolded; opened; expanded; emitted.
EVOLVENT
EVOLV'ENT, noun In geometry, a curve formed by the evolution of another curve; the curve described from the evolute.
EVOLVING
EVOLV'ING, participle present tense Unfolding; expanding; emitting.
EVOMITION
EVOMI'TION, noun A vomiting.
EVULGATION
EVULGA'TION, noun A divulging. [Not in use.]
EVULSION
EVUL'SION, noun [Latin evulsio, from evello; e and vello, to pluck.]The act of plucking or pulling out by force.
EWE
EWE, noun yu. [Latin ovis.] A female sheep; the female of the ovine race of animals.
EWER
EW'ER, noun yu're. A kind of pitcher with a wide spout, used to bring water for washing the hands.
EWRY
EW'RY, noun yu'ry. [from ever.] In England 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 ...
EX
EX. A Latin preposition or prefix, Gr. signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence in composition, it signifies sometimes out of, as in exhale, exclude; sometimes off, from o...
EX-COMMISSARY
EX-COM'MISSARY, noun [ex and commissary.] A commissary dismissed from office; one formerly a commissary.
EX-DIRECTOR
EX-DIRECT'OR, noun One who has been a director, but is displaced.
EX-LEGISLATOR
EX-LEG'ISLATOR, noun One who has been a legislator, but is not at present.
EX-MINISTER
EX-MIN'ISTER, noun One who has been minister, but is not in office.
EX-PREFECT
EX-PRE'FECT, noun A prefect out of office; one who has been a prefect and is displaced.
EX-PRESIDENT
EX-PRES'IDENT, noun One who has been president, but is no longer in the office.
EX-REPRESENTATIVE
EX-REPRESENT'ATIVE, noun One who has been formerly a representative, but is no longer one.
EX-SECRETARY
EX-SEC'RETARY, noun One who has been secretary, but is no longer in office.
EX-SENATOR
EX-SEN'ATOR, noun One who has been a senator, but is no longer one.
EXACERBATE
EXACERB'ATE, verb transitive [Latin exacerbo, to irritate; ex and acerbo, from acerbus, severe, bitter, harsh, sour. See Harvest.]1. To irritate; to exasperate; to inflame angry...
EXACERBATION
EXACERBA'TION, noun The act of exasperating; the irritation of angry or malignant passions or qualities; increase of malignity.1. Among physicians, the increased violence of a d...
EXACERBESCENCE
EXACERBES'CENCE, noun [Latin exacerbesco.] Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.