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Eccl. ix. 2.

2. An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [Obs.] "Leave we him to his events." Shak.

3. The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.

Dark doubts between the promise and event.

Young.

Syn. -- Incident; occurrence; adventure; issue; result; termination; consequence; conclusion. -- Event, Occurrence, Incident, Circumstance. An event denotes that which arises from a preceding state of things. Hence we speak or watching the event; of tracing the progress of events. An occurrence has no reference to any antecedents, but simply marks that which meets us in our progress through life, as if by chance, or in the course of divine providence. The things which thus meet us, if important, are usually connected with antecedents; and hence event is the leading term. In the "Declaration of Independence" it is said, "When, in the cource of human events, it becomes necessary." etc. Here, occurrences would be out of place. An incident is that which falls into a state of things to which is does not primarily belong; as, the incidents of a journey. The term is usually applied to things of secondary importance. A circumstance is one of the things surrounding us in our path of life. These may differ greatly in importance; but they are always outsiders, which operate upon us from without, exerting greater or less influence according to their intrinsic importance. A person giving an account of a campaign might dwell on the leading events which it produced; might mention some of its striking occurrences; might allude to some remarkable incidents which attended it; and might give the details of the favorable or adverse circumstances which marked its progress.

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E*vent" (?), v. t. [F. éventer to fan, divulge, LL. eventare to fan, fr., L. e out + ventus wind.] To break forth. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

E*ven"ter*ate (?), v. t. [L. e out + venter the belly: cf. F. éventer.] To rip open; to disembowel. [Obs.] Sir. T. Brown.

E*vent"ful (?) a. Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

E"ven*tide` (?) n. [AS. fentd. See Tide.] The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] Spenser.

E*ven"ti*late (?), v. t. [L. eventilatus, p. p. of eventilare to fan. See Ventilate.] 1. To winnow out; to fan. [Obs.] Cockeram.

2. To discuss; to ventilate. [Obs.] Johnson.

E*ven`ti*la"tion (?), n. The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.

E*vent"less (?), a. Without events; tame; monotonous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.

||Ev`en*tog"na*thi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Dr. &?; well + &?; within gna`qos the jaw.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.

E`ven*tra*tion (?), n. [L. e out + venter belly.] (Med.) (a) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. (b) A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. (c) The act of disemboweling.

E*ven"tu*al (?), a. [Cf. F. éventiel. See Event.] 1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential. Burke.

2. Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." Cooper.

3. (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. Marshall.

E*ven`tu*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Eventualities (#). [Cf. F. éventualité.] 1. The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.

2. (Phren.) Disposition to take cognizance of events.

E*ven"tu*al*ly (?), adv. In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.

E*ven"tu*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eventuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eventuating.] To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.

E*ven`tu*a"tion (?), n. The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome. R. W. Hamilton.

Ev"er (?) adv. [OE. ever, æfre, AS. æfre; perh. akin to AS. always. Cf. Aye, Age,Evry, Never.] [Sometimes contracted into e'er.] 1. At any time; at any period or point of time.

No man ever yet hated his own flesh.

Eph. v. 29.