Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 56

Eurypterus (n.) A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

Eurythmy (n.) Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.

Eurythmy (n.) Regularly of the pulse.

Eusebian (n.) A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.

Eustachian (a.) Discovered by Eustachius.

Eustachian (a.) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter.

Eustyle (n.) See Intercolumnlation.

Eutaxy (n.) Good or established order or arrangement.

Euterpe () The Muse who presided over music.

Euterpe () A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.

Euterpean (a.) Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.

Euthanasia (n.) An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired.

Euthanasy (n.) Same as Euthanasia.

Euthiochroic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called.

Euthyneura (n. pl.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

Eutrophy (n.) Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.

Eutychian (n.) A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.

Eutychianism (n.) The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.

Euxanthic (a.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin.

Euxanthin (n.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.

Euxenite (n.) A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.

Evacate (v. t.) To empty.

Evacuant (a.) Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.

Evacuant (n.) A purgative or cathartic.

Evacuated (imp. & p. p.) of Evacuate

Evacuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evacuate

Evacuate (v. t.) To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

Evacuate (v. t.) Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.

Evacuate (v. t.) To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.

Evacuate (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.

Evacuate (v. t.) To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.

Evacuate (v. i.) To let blood

Evacuation (n.) The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

Evacuation (n.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.

Evacuation (n.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.

Evacuation (n.) That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.

Evacuation (n.) Abolition; nullification.

Evacuative (a.) Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.

Evacuator (n.) One who evacuates; a nullifier.

Evacuatory (n.) A purgative.

Evaded (imp. & p. p.) of Evade

Evading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evade

Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.

Evade (v. t.) To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.

Evade (v. t.) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

Evadible (a.) Capable of being evaded.

Evagation (n.) A wandering about; excursion; a roving.

Evagination (n.) The act of unsheathing.

Eval (a.) Relating to time or duration.

Evaluate (v. t.) To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

Evaluation (n.) Valuation; appraisement.

Evanesced (imp. & p. p.) of Evanesce

Evanescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evanesce

Evanesce (v. i.) To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.

Evanescence (n.) The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.

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

Evanescent (a.) Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.

Evanescently (adv. In a vanishing manner) ; imperceptibly.

Evangel (n.) Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.

Evangelian (a.) Rendering thanks for favors.

Evangelic (a.) Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical.

Evangelical (a.) Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.

Evangelical (a.) Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.

Evangelical (a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.

Evangelical (n.) One of evangelical principles.

Evangelicalism (n.) Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism.

Evangelically (adv.) In an evangelical manner.

Evangelicalness (n.) State of being evangelical.

Evangelicism (n.) Evangelical principles; evangelism.

Evangelicity (n.) Evangelicism.

Evangelism (n.) The preaching or promulgation of the gospel.

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

Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service.

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

Evangelization (n.) The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.

Evangelized (imp. & p. p.) of Evangelize

Evangelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evangelize

Evangelize (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.

Evangelize (v. i.) To preach the gospel.

Evangely (n.) Evangel.

Evangile (n.) Good tidings; evangel.

Evanid (a.) Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color.

Evanish (v. i.) To vanish.

Evanishment (n.) A vanishing; disappearance.

Evaporable (a.) Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

Evaporated (imp. & p. p.) of Evaporate

Evaporating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evaporate

Evaporate (v. t.) To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

Evaporate (v. t.) To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation.

Evaporate (v. t.) To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

Evaporate (v. t.) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.

Evaporate (v. t.) To give vent to; to dissipate.

Evaporate (a.) Dispersed in vapors.

Evaporation (n.) 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.

Evaporation (n.) The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.

Evaporation (n.) That which is evaporated; vapor.

Evaporation (n.) See Vaporization.

Evaporaive (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process.

Evaporator (n.) An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.

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

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