Webster's Dictionary 1913

3754

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.

3755

Evanishment

E‐van″ish‐ment (?), n. A vanishing; disappearance. T. Jefferson.

3756

Evaporable

E‐vap″o‐ra‐ble (?), a. Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

3757

Evaporate

E‐vap″o‐rate (?), v. i. [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 of...

3758

Evaporate (2)

E‐vap″o‐rate, v. t. 1. To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.2. To expel moisture from (usually by m...

3759

Evaporate (3)

E‐vap″o‐rate (?), a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.] Dispersed in vapors. Thomson.

3760

Evaporation

E‐vap′o‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. evaporatio: cf. F. évaporation.] 1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evap...

3761

Evaporative

E‐vap″o‐ra‐tive (?), a. [L. evaporatius: cf. F. évaporatif.] Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process.

3762

Evaporator

E‐vap″o‐ra′tor (?), n. An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.

3763

Evaporometer

E‐vap′o‐rom″e‐ter (?), n. [L. evaporare to evaporate + -meter: cf. F. évapormètre.] (Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; ...

3764

Evasible

E‐va″si‐ble (ē̍‐vā″sĭ‐b'l), a. That may be evaded.

3765

Evasion

E‐va″sion (–zhŭn), n. [L. evasio: cf. F. évasion. See Evade.] The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; art...

3766

Evasive

E‐va″sive (?), a. [Cf. F. évasif. See Evade.] Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,An...

3767

Eve

Eve (?), n. [See Even, n.] 1. Evening.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...

3768

Evectics

E‐vec″tics (?), n. [Gr. ευεκτικὄσ healthy.] The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body.

3769

Evection

E‐vec″tion (?). [L. evectio a going up, fr. evehere to carry out; e out + vehere to carry: cf. F évection.] 1. The act of carrying up or away; exaltation. Bp. Pearson.2. (Astron...

3770

Even

E″ven (ēv″'n) n. [OE. eve, even, efen, æfen. AS. ǣfen; akin to OS. āband, OFries, āvend, D. avond, OHG. āband, Icel. aptan, Sw. afton, Dan. aften; of unknown origin. Cf. Eve, Ev...

3771

Even (2)

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...

3772

Even (3)

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.I...

3773

Even (4)

E″ven (?), v. i. To be equal. R. Carew.

3774

Even (5)

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 th...

3775

Evene

E‐vene″ (?), v. i. [L. evenire. See Event.] To happen. Hewyt.

3776

Evener

E″ven‐er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which makes even.2. In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draug...

3777

Evenfall

E″ven‐fall′ (?), n. Beginning of evening. “At the quiet evenfall.” Tennyson.

3778

Evenhand

E″ven‐hand′ (?), n. Equality. Bacon.

3779

Evenhanded

E″ven‐hand′ed, a. Fair or impartial; unbiased. “Evenhanded justice.” Shak. — E″ven‐hand′ed‐ly, adv. — E″ven‐hand′ed‐ness, n.Froude.

3780

Evening

E″ven‐ing (?), n. [AS. ǣfnung. 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 ...