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Evade

To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.

Evagation

A wandering about; excursion; a roving.

Evaginate

To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.

Eval

Relating to time or duration.

Evaluate

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

evaluative

exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations.

evaluator

an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality; an appraiser.

Evanesce

To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.

Evanescence

The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plans or hopes.

Evanescent

Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.

evangel

Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.

Evangelic

Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical.

evangelism

The preaching or promulgation of the gospel.

evangelist

A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance.

Evangelistary

A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service.

Evangelistic

Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts.

Evangelization

The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.

evangelize

To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.

Evanid

Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color.

Evaporable

Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

evaporated

reduced in volume by having moisture expelled before canning; same as condensed, 3; as, unsweetened evaporated milk.

Evaporation

The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

Evaporative

Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process.

Evaporator

An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.

Evaporometer

An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer.

evasion

The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

evasive

Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.

evasiveness

Deliberate vagueness or ambiguity; failing to answer a question while trying to seem as though one is answering.

Evectics

The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body.

Even

In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well.

Evener

One who, or that which makes even.

Evening

The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun.

evening bag

a small dressy handbag, richly decorated, carried by women for formal occasions in the evening.

evening-snow

small California annual (Linanthus dichotomus) with white flowers.

eveningwear

attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening.

Evenly

With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely.

Evenness

The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition.

Evensong

A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong.

event horizon

the boundary surface surrounding a black hole, from outside of which nothing inside can be observed, because nothing inside that surface, even light, can escape beyond it. See also black hole and escape velocity.

Eventful

Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

Eventless

Without events; tame; monotonous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.

Eventognathi

An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.

Eventration

A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. The act of disemboweling.

Eventual

Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential.

Eventuality

The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.

Eventually

In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.

Eventuate

To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.

Eventuation

The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.

Ever

At any time; at any period or point of time.

Everest

the highest mountain in the world, situated in Nepal and Tibet; 29,028 feet high.

Everglade

A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida.

Everlastingness

The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.

Everliving

Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God.

Evermore

During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.

Evernic

Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid.

Everse

To overthrow or subvert.

Eversion

The act of eversing; destruction.

Eversive

Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with of.

Evert

To overthrow; to subvert.

Every

All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite number.

Everyday

Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit of clothes.

Everyone

Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one.

Everything

Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things.

Everywhere

In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; thoroughly; altogether.

Evet

The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders.

Evict

To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.

Eviction

The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.

Evidence

To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender.

Evident

Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.

Evidential

Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity.

Evidentiary

Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.

Evidently

In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.

Evil

In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.

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