Chapter 548

E*vince" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evinced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing (?) .] [L. evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See Victor , and cf. Evict .] 1. To conquer; to subdue. [Obs.]

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 <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vince"ment (?) , n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.

Evincible <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vin"ci*ble (?) , a. Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.

Sir. M. Hale.

-- E*vin"ci*bly , adv.

Evincive <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vin"cive (?) , a. Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.

Evirate <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E"vi*rate (?) , v. t. [L. eviratus , p. p. of evirare to castrate; e out + vir man.] To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Eviration <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`i*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. eviratio .] Castration. [Obs.]

Eviscerate <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vis"cer*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Eviscerated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eviscerating (?) .] [L. evisceratus , p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See Viscera .] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

Evisceration <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vis`cer*a"tion (?) , a. A disemboweling.

Evitable <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev"i*ta*ble (?) , a. [L. evitabilis : cf. F. \'82vitable .] A voidable. [R.]

Hooker.

Evitate <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev"i*tate (?) , v. t. [L. evitatus , p. p. of evitare to shun; e out + vitare to shun.] To shun; to avoid. [Obs.]

Shak.

Evitation <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`i*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. evitatio .] A shunning; avoidance. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Evite <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vite" (?) , v. t. [Cf. F. \'82viter . See Evitate .] To shun. [Obs.]

Dryton.

Eviternal <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`i*ter"nal (?) , a. [L. eviternus , aeternus . See Etern .] Eternal; everlasting. [Obs.] -- Ev`i*ter"nal*ly , adv.

Bp. Hall.

Eviternity <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`i*ter"ni*ty (?) , n. Eternity. [Obs.]

Evocate <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev"o*cate (?) , v. t. [L. evocatus , p. p. of evocare . See Evoke .] To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke. [R.]

Stackhouse.

Evocation <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. evocatio : cf. F. \'82vocation .] The act of calling out or forth.

Sir. T. Browne.

The evocation of that better spirit. M. Arnold.

Evocative <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vo"ca*tive (?) , a. Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.

Evocative power over all that is eloquent and expressive in the better soul of man. W. Pater.

Evocator <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev"o*ca`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who calls forth. [R.]

Evoke <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*voke" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evoked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Evoking .] [L. evocare ; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox , vocis , voice: cf. F \'82voquer . See Voice , and cf. 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 <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*lat"ic (?) , Ev`o*lat"ic*al (?) , a. [L. evolare to fly away; e out + volare to fly.] Apt to fly away. [Obs. or R.]

Blount.

Evolation <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*la"tion (?) , n. [L. evolatio .] A flying out or up. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Evolute <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev"o*lute (?) , n. [L. evolutus unrolled, p. p. 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.

&hand; Any curve may be an evolute , the term being applied to it only in its relation to the involute.

Evolutility <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*lu*til"i*ty (?) , n. [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 <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*lu"tion (?) , n. [L. evolutio an unrolling: cf. F. \'82volution 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 pre\'89xist 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 philosophrs.

Evolution is to me series with development. Gladstone.

Evolutional <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*lu"tion*al (?) , a. Relating to evolution. " Evolutional changes."

H. Spenser.

Evolutionary <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*lu"tion*a*ry (?) , a. Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions .

Evolutionism <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*lu"tion*ism (?) , n. The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution , 6 and 7.

Evolutionist <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*lu"tion*ist (?) , n. 1. One skilled in evolutions.

2. one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics.

Darwin.

Evolve <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*volve" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evolved (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Evolving .] [L. 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 <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*volve" , v. i. To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.

Prior.

Evolvement <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*volve"ment (?) , n. The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.

Evolvent <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*volv"ent (?) , n. [L. evolvents . -entis , unrolling, p. pr. of evolvere .] (Geom.) The involute of a curve. See Involute , and Evolute .

Evomit <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vom"it (?) , v. t. [L. evomitus , p. p. of evomere to vomit forth; e out + vomere .] To vomit. [Obs.]

Evomition <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`o*mi"tion (?) , n. The act of vomiting. [Obs.]

Swift.

Evulgate <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vul"gate (?) v. t. [L. evulgatus , p. p. of evulgare to publish.] To publish abroad. [Obs.]

Evulgation <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ev`ul*ga"tion (?) , n. A divulging. [Obs.]

Evulsion <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

E*vul"sion (?) , n. [L. evulsio , fr. evellere , evulsum , to pluck out; e out + vellere to pluck; cf. F. \'82vulsion .] The act of plucking out; a rooting out.

Ew <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ew (?) , n. [See Yew .] A yew. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Ewe <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ewe (?) , n. [AS. e\'a2wu ; akin to D. ooi , OHG. awi , ouwi , Icel. \'91r , Goth. aw\'c7\'edi a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis , Gr. <?/, Skr. avi . \'fb231.] (Zo\'94l.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.

Ewe-necked <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ewe"-necked` (?) , a. Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out.

Youwatt.

Ewer <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ew"er (?) , n. [OF. ewer , euwier , prop. a water carrier, F. \'82vier a washing place, sink, aigui\'8are ewer, L. aquarius , adj., water carrying, n. , a water carrier, fr. aqua water; akin to Goth. ahwa water, river, OHG, aha , G. au , aue , meadow. \'fb219. Cf. 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 <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ew"er*y (?) , Ew"ry (?) n. [From Ewer .] An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.]

Parker.

Ewt <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ewt (?) , n. [See Newt .] (Zo\'94l.) The newt.

Ex- <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex- (?) . A prefix from the latin preposition, ex , akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of , out , proceeding from . Hence, in composition, it signifies out of , as, in ex hale, ex clude; off , from , or out . as in ex scind; beyond , as, in ex cess, ex ceed, ex cel ; and sometimes has a privative sense of without , as in ex albuminuos, ex sanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f , as in ef fuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b , d , g , l , m , n , r , and v , as in e bullient, e manate, e normous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es- , sometimes as s- or \'82- ; as, es cape, s cape, \'82 lite . Ex- , prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex -president, ex -governor, ex -mayor, ex -convict . The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in ex arch; 'ek becomes ec , as in ec centric.

Exacerbate <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*ac"er*bate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exacerrated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerrating (?) .] [L. exacerbatus , p. p. of exacerbare ; ex out (intens.) + acerbare . See Acerbate .] To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.

Broughman.

Exacerbation <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*ac`er*ba"tion (?) n. [Cf. F. exacerbation .] 1. The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion .

2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.

Exacerbescence <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*ac`er*bes"cence (?) , n. [L. exacerbescens , -entis , p. pr. of exacerbescere , incho. of exacerbare .] Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.

Exacervation <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*ac`er*va"tion (?) , n. [L. exacervare to heap up exceedingly. See Ex- , and Acervate .] The act of heaping up. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Exacinate <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*ac"i*nate (?) , v. t. [L. ex out + acinus kernel.] To remove the kernel form.

Exacination <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*ac`i*na"tion (?) , n. Removal of the kernel.

Exact <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*act" (?) , a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact . See Agent , Act .] 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.

I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. Jowett (Thucyd. )

2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact . "I see thou art exact of taste."

Milton.

3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason. Shak.

Exact <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*act" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exacted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacting .] [From L. exactus , p. p. of exigere ; or fr. LL. exactare : cf. OF. exacter . See Exact , a. ] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one .

He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. Luke. iii. 13.

Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last Dryden.

My designs Exact me in another place. Massinger.

Exact <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*act" , v. i. To practice exaction. [R.]

The anemy shall not exact upon him . Ps. lxxxix. 22.

Exacter <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*act"er (?) , n. An exactor. [R.]

Exacting <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*act"ing , a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting ." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly , adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness , n.

Exaction <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*ac"tion (?) , n. [L. exactio : cf. F. exaction .] 1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience ; hence, extortion.

Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9.

Daily new exactions are devised. Shak.

Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft.

2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

Daniel.

Exacritude <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*acr"i*tude (?) , n. [Cf. F. exactitude .] The quality of being exact; exactness.

Exactly <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*act"ly , adv. In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. " Exactly wrought."

Shak.

His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.

Exactness <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*act"ness , n. 1. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment .

2. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business .