Evil-favored E"vil-fa`vored adjective Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon. --
E"vil-fa`vored*ness ,
noun Deut. xvi. 1.
Evil-minded E"vil-mind`ed adjective Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. --
E"vil-mind`ed*ness ,
noun
Evilly E"vil·ly adverb In an evil manner; not well; ill. [ Obsolete] "Good deeds
evilly bestowed."
Shak.
Evilness E"vil·ness noun The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.
Evince E·vince" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Evinced ;
present participle & verbal noun Evincing .] [ Latin
evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving;
e out +
vincere to vanquish. See
Victor , and confer
Evict .]
1. To conquer; to subdue. [ Obsolete]
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 evidence. Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this.
South.
Evincement E·vince"ment noun The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.
Evincible E·vin"ci·ble adjective Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable. Sir. M. Hale. --
E*vin"ci*bly ,
adverb
Evincive E·vin"cive adjective Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.
Evirate E"vi·rate transitive verb [ Latin
eviratus , past participle of
evirare to castrate;
e out +
vir man.]
To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Eviration Ev`i·ra"tion noun [ Latin
eviratio .]
Castration. [ Obsolete]
Eviscerate E·vis"cer·ate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Eviscerated ;
present participle & verbal noun Eviscerating .] [ Latin
evisceratus , past participle of
eviscerare to eviscerate;
e out +
viscera the bowels. See
Viscera .]
To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.
Evisceration E·vis`cer·a"tion adjective A disemboweling.
Evitable Ev"i·ta·ble adjective [ Latin
evitabilis : confer French
évitable .]
Avoidable. [ R.]
Hooker.
Evitate Ev"i·tate transitive verb [ Latin
evitatus , past participle of
evitare to shun;
e out +
vitare to shun.]
To shun; to avoid. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Evitation Ev`i·ta"tion noun [ Latin
evitatio .]
A shunning; avoidance. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Evite E·vite" transitive verb [ Confer French
éviter . See
Evitate .]
To shun. [ Obsolete]
Dryton.
Eviternal Ev`i·ter"nal adjective [ Latin
eviternus ,
aeternus . See
Etern .]
Eternal; everlasting. [ Obsolete] --
Ev`i*ter"nal*ly ,
adverb Bp. Hall.
Eviternity Ev`i·ter"ni·ty noun Eternity. [ Obsolete]
Evocate Ev"o·cate transitive verb [ Latin
evocatus , past participle of
evocare . See
Evoke .]
To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke. [ R.]
Stackhouse.
Evocation Ev`o·ca"tion noun [ Latin
evocatio : confer French
évocation .]
The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne. The evocation of that better spirit.
M. Arnold.
Evocative E·vo"ca·tive adjective Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing. Evocative power over all that is eloquent and expressive in the better soul of man.
W. Pater.
Evocator Ev"o·ca`tor noun [ Latin ]
One who calls forth. [ R.]
Evoke E·voke" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Evoked ;
present participle & verbal noun Evoking .] [ Latin
evocare ;
e out +
vocare to call, from
vox ,
vocis , voice: confer F
évoquer . See
Voice , and confer
Evocate .]
1. To call out; to summon forth. To evoke the queen of the fairies.
T. Warton. A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.
De Quincey. 2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. [ R.] "The cause was
evoked to Rome."
Hume.
Evolatic, Evolatical Ev`o·lat"ic, Ev`o·lat"ic·al adjective [ Latin
evolare to fly away;
e out +
volare to fly.]
Apt to fly away. [ Obsolete or R.]
Blount.
Evolation Ev`o·la"tion noun [ Latin
evolatio .]
A flying out or up. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Evolute Ev"o·lute noun [ Latin
evolutus unrolled, past participle of
evolvere . See
Evolve .]
(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. See Involute . It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent. » Any curve may be an
evolute , the term being applied to it only in its relation to the involute.
Evolutility Ev`o·lu·til"i·ty noun [ See
Evolution .]
(Biol.) The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure. Syd. Soc. Lex.
Evolution Ev`o·lu"tion noun [ Latin
evolutio an unrolling: confer French
évolution evolution. See
Evolve .]
1. The 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 whole
evolution of ages."
Dr. H. More. 3. (Geom.) The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute. Hutton. 4. (Arith. & Alg.) The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution . 5. (Mil. & Naval) A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver. Those evolutions are best which can be executed with the greatest celerity, compatible with regularity.
Campbell. 6. (Biol.) (a) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development. (b) That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preëxist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis . 7. (Metaph.) That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The pocess is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophers. Evolution is to me series with development.
Gladstone.
Evolutional Ev`o·lu"tion·al adjective Relating to evolution. "
Evolutional changes."
H. Spenser.
Evolutionary Ev`o·lu"tion·a·ry adjective Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.
Evolutionism Ev`o·lu"tion·ism noun The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution , 6 and 7.
Evolutionist Ev`o·lu"tion·ist noun 1. One skilled in evolutions. 2. one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. Darwin.
Evolve E·volve" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Evolved ;
present participle & verbal noun Evolving .] [ Latin
evolvere ,
evolutum ;
e out +
volvere to roll. See
Voluble .]
1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe. The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul.
Sir. M. Hale. The principles which art involves, science alone evolves .
Whewell. Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.
J. C. Shairp. 2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.
Evolve E·volve" intransitive verb To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. Prior.
Evolvement E·volve"ment noun The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.
Evolvent E·volv"ent noun [ Latin
evolvents .
-entis , unrolling, present participle of
evolvere .]
(Geom.) The involute of a curve. See Involute , and Evolute .
Evomit E·vom"it transitive verb [ Latin
evomitus , past participle of
evomere to vomit forth;
e out +
vomere .]
To vomit. [ Obsolete]
Evomition Ev`o·mi"tion noun The act of vomiting. [ Obsolete]
Swift.
Evulgate E·vul"gate transitive verb [ Latin
evulgatus , past participle of
evulgare to publish.]
To publish abroad. [ Obsolete]
Evulgation Ev`ul·ga"tion noun A divulging. [ Obsolete]
Evulsion E·vul"sion noun [ Latin
evulsio , from
evellere ,
evulsum , to pluck out;
e out +
vellere to pluck; confer French
évulsion .]
The act of plucking out; a rooting out.
Ew Ew noun [ See
Yew .]
A yew. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Ewe Ewe (ū)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
eówu ; akin to Dutch
ooi , Old High German
awi ,
ouwi , Icelandic
ær , Goth.
awēþi a flock of sheep,
awistr a sheepfold, Lithuanian
avis a sheep, Latin
ovis , Greek ..., Sanskrit
avi . √231.]
(Zoology) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
Ewe-necked Ewe"-necked` adjective Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt.
Ewer Ew"er noun [ Old French
ewer ,
euwier , prop. a water carrier, French
évier a washing place, sink,
aiguière ewer, Latin
aquarius , adj., water carrying,
noun , a water carrier, from
aqua water; akin to Goth.
ahwa water, river, OHG,
aha , German
au ,
aue , meadow. √219. Confer
Aquarium ,
Aquatic ,
Island .]
A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet. Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands.
Shak.
Ewery, Ewry Ew"er·y, Ew"ry noun [ From
Ewer .]
An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [ Enq.]
Parker.
Ewt Ewt noun [ See
Newt .]
(Zoology) The newt.
Ex libris Ex` li"bris [ Latin ex from + libris books.] An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating its ownership; esp., a bookplate.
Ex officio Ex` of·fi"ci·o ;
plural Ex officiis . [ Latin ]
From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.
Ex parte Ex` par"te [ Latin See Ex- , and Part .] Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement.
Ex parte application , one made without notice or opportunity to oppose. -- Ex parte council , one that assembles at the request of only one of the parties in dispute. -- Ex parte hearing or evidence (Law) , that which is had or taken by one side or party in the absence of the other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are ex parte . Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.
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