Part 857

Unarmed they might Have easily, as spirits evaded swift By quick contraction or remove.

Milton.

2. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these . . . ways.

South.

Syn. -- To equivocate; shuffle. See Prevaricate.

E*vad"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being evaded. [R.]

Ev`a*ga"tion (?), n. [L. evagatio, fr. evagari to wander forth: cf. F. évagation. See Vagary.] A wandering about; excursion; a roving. [R.] Ray.

E*vag`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. evaginatio an extending, evaginare to unsheathe; e out + vagina sheath.] The act of unsheathing.

E"val ("val), a. [L. aevum lifetime, age, eternity.] Relating to time or duration. [Obs.]

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E*val"u*ate (*vl"*t), v. t. [See Evaluation.] To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

E*val`u*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. évaluation, LL. evaluatio.] Valuation; appraisement. J. S. Mill.

Ev`a*nesce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Evanesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evanescing. (&?;).] [L. evanescere; e out + vanescere to vanish, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain, and cf. Evanish.] To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.

I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated.

De Quincey.

Ev`a*nes"cence (?), n. The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes. Rambler.

Ev`a*nes"cent (?), a. [L. evanescens, -entis, p. pr. of evanescere.] 1. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.

So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars.

Hawthorne.

2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.

The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost evanescent.

Wollaston.

Ev`a*nes"cent*ly, adv. In a vanishing manner; imperceptibly. Chalmers.

E*van"gel (?), n. [F. évangile, L. evangelium, Gr. &?; good news, glad tidings, gospel, fr. &?; bringing good news; &?; well + &?; to bear a message. See Eu-, and cf. Evangely.] Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. Milton.

Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel.

Whittier.

E`van*ge"li*an (?), a. Rendering thanks for favors.